Mid-America Bonsai Exhibition

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Best in show. Couldn't get a good picture of it.

>>2195289
How much does one of those cost?

How are the trees graded? I see the top one has an award.

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>>2195331

There's a bunch of fundamentals that the judges are looking for in terms of how the tree is styled and cared for, but past that it's really up to the judges.

The price for a finished tree can range from hundreds to tens of thousands of dollars or more, depending on complexity, size, and usually most importantly, age.

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>>2195331

I forgot to add, there are usually different categories that are being judged as well. Novice, open, and professional.

thanks OP, that was nice of you
If anyone ITT thinks bonsai look like miniaturized normal trees treasure that, if you look at too many of them and trees in general with interest and affection (and you're me) they look more artful and deliberate but thoroughly unhealthy and non-magical

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I've got a bunch more to dump but I'm going to go play Overwatch for a while now. I've got 114 images to dump.

Thanks for posting these. I really miss living in Chicago, especially for events like this. Seeing a lot of pictures makes it a little easier.

>>2195350
Thank you for the pics, OP!

These are actually really cool looking and interesting since we don't get stuff like this on /an/ often.

>>2195291
>>2195294
>>2195345 (if you look closely enough you can see the faint outline of a deer head!)
These are my personal favorites. I don't know much about Bonsai but these are real pretty and look almost like miniature forests.

Have fun playing Overwatch anon.

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Posting between games

>>2195413
What's the deal with the second smaller plant next to all of them?

There is a bonsai store near me, maybe I should get down on one. I'm getting bored of my lucky bamboo and cactus.

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>>2195417

Accent plant. It's common to try to have three visual points of interest per display. Could be tree, accent, wall scroll, for example.

>>2195422
Cool. Don't want to have bad feng shui or whatever if I do it. I know with that bamboo shit, the number of stalks has meaning.

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This tree was made by wrapping a bunch of saplings around a carved piece of wood. Eventually the saplings bonded together.

Pretty neat. Thanks, op

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This is it for the show itself. Next will be the collection of the garden.

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That's the last of it.

Hope you guys enjoyed! I'll be going to the Milwaukee Bonsai Society's show next month, and will likely do an image dump from that as well.

>>2195543
Thanks again anon! So many pretty little trees

>>2195464
is that a bonsai'd mimosa tree? never seen one of those before.

>>2195543
Thank you for posting these pictures, OP! These are some awesome looking trees. I'd like to get into this hobby someday.

>>2195289

Wow. Thats pretty cool OP

>>2195337
I agree with you. I think you could just take any grown tree tree it way down and put it in a small pot until its root bound beyond belief. If it survives you have a magical bonzai. If you did it enough you would get some survivors and have bonzais in a fairly short amount of time.


But to OP I appreciate your pictures. And have no problem with them. I just think its a little weird. I went to an african violet show so many asians. It was pretty neat.

gud job

by the way

does anyone know what a bonsai replanted in a full size pot look like after a few month?

i think it would be neat to see the form it would grow to afterward.

>>2195350
That'll be an amazing shimpaku given a few years' development.

Ay op can you give advice on growing bonsai? I've got 13 really young saplings(2 months) and I was wondering if you could give any pointers on how to go about growing them. Seeds are giant sequoia

>>2195753
you don't want it to get root bound, that will kill it.

you're actually dwarfing it by keeping the roots cut back, hence the small pots.

I got a boner looking at these

I never know that tiny, crippled trees could be that stunning

>>2195331
If you wanted to start a bonsai, you can get one online for like $20, they survive the mail surprisingly well.

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>>2195322

>>2197600

To be honest, you're probably going to want to let them grow in the ground for a couple years at least before starting with them. Bonsai from seeds take a long, long time. That's why many people start with stock. So grow your plants in the ground or large containers (read: plant production in containers by Whitcomb).

A good book on bonsai techniques if you can find it is Bonsai Techniques I by Yoshio Naka, but I don't think it's in print anymore.

The best way to start though would be to find a local group that is doing it if you can and learn from them.

Awesome thread OP, I just began a lantana bonsai for fun.
>>2198216
I kekd