Joe Micallef

[The Hacker]

Hi All,

Here are two more of Joe's JBP, if you look at the lable you see the date it was repotted 9/89,

Regard's The Hacker

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[alpineart]

Hi The Hacker , nice to finally see these hit the light of day . I'm keen to see other members post pics of his tree's today . The man was unique , unfortunately i was never blessed to have met him .Keep them coming , hopefully some of the younger members can "see the tree" outside the square as he did and challenge themselves .

Cheers Alpine

[Brian]

Hey Hacker,
how about a Jack Tripovitch thread. you and I were bequeathed some of his big pines which I regard as national treasures.

[alpineart]

Hi Brian , kick it off mate with a new topic , i would like to see some of your material and Jacks work i hear a lot , no holding back now .

Cheers Alpine

[Craig]

It's great that you guy's are posting these pics and info, on growers some of us have never heard of or seen trees from, they are interesting and inspiring,, Thankyou

[The Hacker]

Hi Brian

It all take's time just like these great Bonsai & if I post them all at the same time then it will over very quickly, but I still have maybe ten of Joe's JBP'S to post up & then I'll start on all his Cedar's & then I'll post the few I have Jack's tree's. I also have some photo's from very early Show's & Demo's that will suprise a few people, so just keep an eye out over the next little while,

Regard's The Hacker

[The Hacker]

Hi All Here's some more from Joe's collection

Regard's The Hacker

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[Jow]

WHere are all these trees now? Hopefully they are all out there continuing to improve upon the great work Joe did. I would love to see some pics of these trees as tehy are now!

[Scott Roxburgh]

WHere are all these trees now? Hopefully they are all out there continuing to improve upon the great work Joe did. I would love to see some pics of these trees as they are now!

I was thinking the exact same thing...

I even had a quick look cause I though that maybe this was the last one: viewtopic.php?f=131&t=4341&p=106046.

Its not but similar styling.

I too would like to see pics of these trees

[Craig]

Those are 2 of the best looking Black pines i've ever seen posted on this forum,Absolutely Fantastic Trees . The second tree is a gobsmacker

[The Hacker]

Hi All

Take a look at these little beauties

Regard's The Hacker

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Please Enjoy

[NBPCA]

WHere are all these trees now? Hopefully they are all out there continuing to improve upon the great work Joe did. I would love to see some pics of these trees as they are now!

I was thinking the exact same thing...

I even had a quick look cause I though that maybe this was the last one: viewtopic.php?f=131&t=4341&p=106046.

Its not but similar styling.

I too would like to see pics of these trees

Hi Scott,

The black pine of mine you showed is not a Joe tree but one that was achieved from very old and lanky material almost by cut and grow.

I do however have 2 of Joes tree and they are both on Ausbonsai; the Mugo pine and the cedar.

Cedar here viewtopic.php?f=104&t=1069&hilit=cedar+grant

Mugo here viewtopic.php?f=131&t=5034&hilit=mugo+pine+grant

Grant

[The Hacker]

Hi All

Just a few more from Joe's collection, Just remember these photo's were taken about 1990

Regard's The Hacker

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[The Hacker]

Hi All

Just a few more from Joe

Regard's The Hacker

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[RockPot]

Joe Micallef Cedrus atlantica var Glauca NBCA.jpg

Here is a photo of Joe and his Cedar taken on 26 Jan 2005. When I visited Joe he always enjoyed walking me around the trees and discussing all things bonsai. When Joe decided to sell his collection a consortium of several members of the Canberra Bonsai Society decided to buy a tree as a donation to the National Bonsai Collection in recognition of Joe's many years of contribution to the art of bonsai and to our club. Many will know what a hard bargainer Joe was when buying and selling and this purchase was no different In the end this particular tree was chosen as it typified Joe's stylistic endeavors. This photo of Joe is as I fondly remember him - a proud gentleman with one of his artistic creations.