Nacho Marin's Callistamon

[anttal63]

Nacho is an artist from Venezuela. This is his Callistamon that won an international award 2006. Thought you guys should see it. As most times i am incredibly inspired in the 1st branch!!! What do you guys think.

482135_10150967821898193_314069163_n.jpg

[Josh]

Thanks anttal63, That is an awesome tree. It is what I would consider an amazing example of a quality bonsai. It ticks all the right boxes for me

Josh

[Barry1]

Stunning tree and pot ...thanks for showing us both

Barry

[marcela]

What a beautiful composition,stunning in all ways,it gives me an idea now on a callistemon which has been sitting there waiting for inspiration.
Thanks for sharing Antonio.
Marcela

[Steve Warren]

What a stunning use of Callistemon. Great overall structure, love the hollow and the branching, pot etc. Just noticed the seed pods, would love to have seen it in flower. Thanks for posting.

Regards

Steve Warren

[Jarrod]

Not sure that I like it...

[bodhidharma]

It is beautiful and is very well done and a credit to the owner but it certainly is not true to its character.

[GavinG]

It has a very fine trunk, and a strong arrangement of branches - to me it makes a good "bonsai" but it doesn't feel all that much like a Callistemon. Should it? Does it matter? What do Callistemons look like anyway? What is a strong shape for a Callistemon in the wild?

I'm in two minds. Well, maybe forty-seven.

Thanks for posting.

Gavin

[Craig]

Hi Guys, when i first viewed this tree I felt the same "it's not right for the species" thought, however I began thinking about Street trees(callistemons) which I have seen growing around Perth.

Callistemon viminalis is a weeping bottlebrush, and therefore this tree fits how it has been styled.The foliage has been styled with a sparse look to emphises the strong trunk which definately carries the weight for the flowers it would display.Maybe others would take slightly different approached if trying the same thing but Nacho IMO has created a Unique Bonsai and deserves all the accolades that come with it. Congrats, It's a beautiful Tree.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callistemon_viminalis

[bodhidharma]

Thanks for the clarification Craig and the legwork to show us how they can grow, that is a weeper all right.

[anttal63]

It is beautiful and is very well done and a credit to the owner but it certainly is not true to its character.

It is very true to its character if you have seen the right variety in the right conditions. As soon as i am able i too will take some photo's of some bottle brushes around here that grow like this. Even more so than Craigs examples. closer to what Nacho has captured.

[Craig]

To truely appreciate it one must look at "how" Nacho has gone about it. Wiring for example is plentiful but the amount of movement through the sub-branching which he has applied is minimal, keeping with but highlighting the downwards growing habits of the branches.

[Jarrod]

It is bald and always will be

[nealweb]

bizzare ummmm - nah looks odd

[Sno]

Interesting about the different reactions this tree invokes. Personally i think this tree looks beautiful. A very old , narly weeping bottlebrush .I grew heaps of this variety (for general nursery stock ) in the late 80s,so I am very comfortable with its weeping form.
Craig