Classic Chinese Pot...Very, very loud.
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Classic Chinese Pot...Very, very loud.
I have not posted for a while as i have been busy with my first passion (Martial Art training) but as every one knows it was my Birthday last month and i received this Chinese pot. At first take i thought it was over the top but then, albeit very sneakily, it started to grow on me. I envisioned it with a very powerful, squat black pine in it. Apparently it is a collectible but i know nothing of pots and it has been used. Firstly i would love the computer virt Artists to shoehorn a pine in there to see what it could look like and secondly...what do people think, Trash or treasure. It was not cheap. Oh, by the way, the stump is an ex Bonsai that unfortunately, as you can tell, died. A privet
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Re: Classic Chinese Pot...Very, very loud.
Hey Bodhi,
I am still learning alot about pots but that is a beauty. Used or not, I would have a hard time putting anything in it so as not to compete.
Your idea of a squat pine could work but it would have to be a heavy gnarled one with lots of character otherwise the pot would outshine the tree and that is not desirable, atleast not in 'bonsai' terms.
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I am still learning alot about pots but that is a beauty. Used or not, I would have a hard time putting anything in it so as not to compete.
Your idea of a squat pine could work but it would have to be a heavy gnarled one with lots of character otherwise the pot would outshine the tree and that is not desirable, atleast not in 'bonsai' terms.
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Re: Classic Chinese Pot...Very, very loud.
Hi Bodhi, thats one ornate pot you have there. I would use something extra simple in that one, maybe a clump of scleranthus as an accent.
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Re: Classic Chinese Pot...Very, very loud.
'Treasure' for me, Bodhi
....but what to put in it? I can't see a pine in it, no matter how ponderous the tree,..... however,years ago, on the IBC, there was a great kerfuffel over whether banana trees(?) could be considered bonsai-able. This pot was made for a banana!!!! If that leaves you cold, how about a frangipani???
Check this out http://www.bananas.org/f2/bonsai-banana-9344.html
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....but what to put in it? I can't see a pine in it, no matter how ponderous the tree,..... however,years ago, on the IBC, there was a great kerfuffel over whether banana trees(?) could be considered bonsai-able. This pot was made for a banana!!!! If that leaves you cold, how about a frangipani???
Check this out http://www.bananas.org/f2/bonsai-banana-9344.html
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Re: Classic Chinese Pot...Very, very loud.
something like this Bodhi
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Why is it that some people can't just give there oppinion.....if someone does not agree is there really a need to jump on your shetland pony and pretend its a high horse???
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Thanks Gott.. that is an awsome virt. I dont know if that is they way to go but i dont mind it either.bonsai4life wrote:something like this BodhiGott
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Thanks Pat. It has given me other ideas now. I wonder if a Banana plant would survive in frosty old central Victoria?Pat K wrote:'Treasure' for me, Bodhi
....but what to put in it? I can't see a pine in it, no matter how ponderous the tree,..... however,years ago, on the IBC, there was a great kerfuffel over whether banana trees(?) could be considered bonsai-able. This pot was made for a banana!!!! If that leaves you cold, how about a frangipani???
Check this out http://www.bananas.org/f2/bonsai-banana-9344.html
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im onto it for ya bod i will do a few up with a few different species i think that would work JBP will work well, i think yamadori style shimpaku would too
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here mate, a couple of pine, a taxus a shimp and an unkown
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Jamie, that is blinding me with its awesomeness. Fantastic. I reckon number 2 or 4 are the real deal. I think i will be keeping it. My first impulse was to throw it away but it was discreetly pointed out its value and authenticity so i looked at it through different eyes. I am a bit of a novice with pots but it is going to be a further study i'll undertake.
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cool mate glad you like em, i reckon your spot on with 2 or 4 being the go. they are corkers. 2 is a JWP very nice tree actually, and 4 is obviously shimp.
getting trees like that might be a little harder than getting the pics though
keep us updated with how you go with it all mate
getting trees like that might be a little harder than getting the pics though
keep us updated with how you go with it all mate
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So this is what i went with. If the pot was loud then the thing in it had to be MUCH louder. Warning..wear sunglasses
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Re: Classic Chinese Pot...Very, very loud.
Hi Bodhi
I really like that , the azalea is bright enough to subdue the pot . Very nice indeed
Peters
I really like that , the azalea is bright enough to subdue the pot . Very nice indeed
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Not what i call Bonsai Peter but doing this has made my Wife happy (she bought the pot), the pot is being used and it shows i can grow an Azaeliapeterb wrote:Hi Bodhi
I really like that , the azalea is bright enough to subdue the pot . Very nice indeed
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You are a wise man Bodhi, she who must be obeyed needs to be kept happy at all costs
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