Omiya Bonsai Village - October 2024

[GavinG]

Excellent show, well presented. Some of the more formal trees left me cold, but the trees with wild energy in the foliage and branches that matched an old and complex trunk - they were magnificent. Thanks.

I expect a similar show when you visit Elandan, Dan Robinson's place in the west coast of America...

Gavin

[treeman]

Is it just me or are some of these trees seriously underfed?

[SuperBonSaiyan]

And something for the pot nerds. I can appreciate a good pot, but some of these - the patina, oh my god. They were just as beautiful as the trees. And one had bats on it. Sweet.

I can't tell (new to appreciating pots) - Are the dark parts of this pot are from patina, or is it that just how the glaze looks?

If it's the patina, that's pretty amazing. Beautiful pots and trees all round, thank you for the pictures. Great photography too, love the close ups of the bark and deadwood on some of those trees.

[nathan987]

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I can't tell (new to appreciating pots) - Are the dark parts of this pot are from patina, or is it that just how the glaze looks?

If it's the patina, that's pretty amazing. Beautiful pots and trees all round, thank you for the pictures. Great photography too, love the close ups of the bark and deadwood on some of those trees.[/quote]

The dark spots on this one are from the glaze. But overall it and many others had a fine, almost smoky patina.


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[Keep Calm and Ramify]

Is it just me or are some of these trees seriously underfed?

the white pines?

[nathan987]

Is it just me or are some of these trees seriously underfed?

the white pines?

I noticed when I was there that all of the white pines were fairly sparse. There was only a small cluster of needles at the very tip of each branch and the branches were arranged in quite an airy manner, rather than being wired into neat pads.

Since it was so consistent and everything else was in pristine and healthy condition, I can only assume that this is a styling choice or aesthetic that the curators prefer for white pines, rather than them being malnourished or unhealthy.


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[treeman]

Is it just me or are some of these trees seriously underfed?

the white pines?

The white pines yes, but also the shimpakus and one or two of the black pines.

[nathan987]

Is it just me or are some of these trees seriously underfed?

the white pines?

The white pines yes, but also the shimpakus and one or two of the black pines.

It could just be my camera. It was an overcast day, so I’ve allowed the phone to auto correct the exposure/contrast so that e.g. the trunks aren’t all black in shade. Maybe it’s added a bit more yellow to the mix or something and that’s what you’re seeing.


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[treeman]

Is it just me or are some of these trees seriously underfed?

the white pines?

The white pines yes, but also the shimpakus and one or two of the black pines.

It could just be my camera. It was an overcast day, so I’ve allowed the phone to auto correct the exposure/contrast so that e.g. the trunks aren’t all black in shade. Maybe it’s added a bit more yellow to the mix or something and that’s what you’re seeing.


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Could be. The first black pine looks like the right colour......

[wrcmad]

And something for the pot nerds. I can appreciate a good pot, but some of these - the patina, oh my god. They were just as beautiful as the trees. And one had bats on it. Sweet.

I can't tell (new to appreciating pots) - Are the dark parts of this pot are from patina, or is it that just how the glaze looks?

If it's the patina, that's pretty amazing. Beautiful pots and trees all round, thank you for the pictures. Great photography too, love the close ups of the bark and deadwood on some of those trees.

It's the glaze.
Unmistakably Shuho, Tokoname.

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[dansai]

I was there recently too. The trees definitely looked healthy enough. Quite a few, and not just there but also at Kobayashi's nursery, had very degraded mix. Something that we might look at and think is waaaaay past needing a repot. I wondered how much that might effect the overall health of the trees. It may also be that there had been lots of rain, but some of the trees looked like they were in mud. It is also the end of their summer. Autumn hadn't really kicked in and we had many days in high 20's to low 30's with warm nights and high humidity. That was late September. Apparently the week before had temps in the mid 30's. Maybe the tree were just tired.

Many of the White Pines I saw at the museum had long lanky branches. If fact most pines I saw both there and at Kobayashi's, had a huge amount of branches which were long and thin with foliage quite sparse and towards the end. At the Omiya Bonsai Museum there were trees on display in the formal section, which as noted above you can't photograph, which had names of artists attached. I assume these come in for display and then go back to their owners. All of those trees had much more refinement on them and were high class show trees. The ones in the garden didn't seem to have as much refined look to them. Mind you, they were all awesome and the pictures don't really show the scale and detail of any of the tress.

Some the deciduous trees had incredible taper throughout the trunk and into the branches. And not easy to photograph well.Some of the pines were massive.