Tropical Mame and Shohin Show

taipan(deceased)

Hello everyone, Here is a few photos from the show today...

Happy Growing'
Tai

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midwestbonsai

Wow those are something !
I always like seeing other shows.
Thanks for sharing.
-Paul

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albek

Nice to see. How many Shohin and Mame-Bonsai interested people are you "down under"?

Kind regards
Morten Albek

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taipan(deceased)

Thanks Paul



Hi Morten, It seems quite a few people in my area are into the little trees...Including myself...As to other parts of the country? I would have to imagine so with our large Asian population we have now...

Thanks for the replies guys...I sometimes wonder whether or not its worth posting anything at bonsaichat when you get 400 views and only a couple of replies...It would be nice to hear if people think they are good or not...

I think there are too many lurkers and not enough posters sometimes...

It would be good to get a wide range of opinion on the trees...

However it seems that most members are nervous to say anything for fear of reprisal...sad really...

That's my 2 cents for the day...

Here is a few other pics...sorry they are sideways...I tried to work out how to change them with irfanview...no luck...aint my neck breaking to see them...lol

Happy growing guys
Tai

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midwestbonsai

would love to see more close ups!
-Paul

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albek

Hi´ Tai and everybody else out there

First I have to say, that I think a lot of people are a bit afraid to offence anybody by criticising the trees posted in forums. For two reasons I believe. First and foremost written critique often seems harder than the one given to a person standing in front of you, where it is also possible to tone down the words in a kinder way than possible in a few senses in writing, and to explain more extended. Secondly there are enormous cultural differences that makes the same words seems harsh in one country and just plain and fair in another. Like humour, that also "suffers" from our different cultural heritages.

Critique must be given with a positive objective and not just telling how bad a tree is. Getting only bad comments doesn’t learn us much. So here we go.

My general impact is that most of the shown trees are more in Mame-size than in Shohin-size. A development that is very common when the Shohin-Bonsai interest is in the early stages, like it is here in Denmark as well. This makes them even more difficult to grow in your hot summers I believe.

It seems like there is a lot of potential in the specimens shown. Some good specimens with nice little fat trunks, but most of them still is in need of some development of the branch structure, which must be “tighter”. This is done by carefully cutting back, developing new buds and branches over time. Foremost one has to select specimens with natural small leaves. This is very important when dealing with the Mame-Bonsai that is so small.
Others seem to be in need of a few years in a bigger training pot to speed up growth and fatten the trunk.

Is there a reason that no conifers are represented? Are they just not available in your area? Conifers often have the advantage that it’s possible to develop tight foliage, which deciduous trees sometimes lack. But it is absolute possible to find good deciduous and tropical plants for Shohin-Bonsai. Crassula and others has some subspecies with fine small leaves.
Finding the right material before transforming it into a Bonsai, is often the most time consuming thing in this hobby. You guys have a lot of potential.

Good work, and nice to see that the Shohin-Bonsai world is getting bigger all around the world!



Kind regards
Morten Albek

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Larry

very cool, I'd love to visit an exhibition like this!

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flautinet

I'm surprised, impressed (or another difficult-for-me english word) of the amount of mame bonsai you can keep alive.
Congratulations.
Do you grou them in a sand tray? How many times a day you water? It is like magic for me.

Bye.

Alasdair

I'm a fan of shohin and mame myself as i haven't realy got anything bigger and the pots are cheaper when they're smaller! lol.

Something i noticed, a mame show can take a whole table but larger bonsai take up a whole room.

Thanks for the pictures taipan, it's hard to believe how small a tree can actually get.

Al

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