Orlando Bonsai » bonsai style https://www.orlandobonsai.com The purpose of this site is to share and enjoy the art, history and horticulture of bonsai and to provide current bonsai news and information. Sun, 19 Sep 2021 06:47:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Ladies and Gentlemen… https://www.orlandobonsai.com/?p=945 https://www.orlandobonsai.com/?p=945#comments Sat, 09 May 2009 17:20:17 +0000 http://www.orlandobonsai.com/?p=945 The program at the last Central Florida Bonsai Club was something that we refer to as a Three Ring Circus. Not that it is chaos, but because there is some much going on at the same time.  Three artist (or in this case 4) were asked to work on similar material at the same time without looking at the others for inspiration. It is a nice program because it allows club members to interact and make suggestions during the demonstrations.  It always amazes me how different each of the trees turn out, even though they are so similar to begin with.

This time it was Shimpaku Junipers, and not one of my favorite trees to work with.  These trees were pretty challenging with no growth close to the trunk and long thin branches to deal with.  It required some creativity and some raffia to bend and twist these branches into shape.

Mike Rogers' informal upright

Mike Rogers

Mike Rogers always does an outstanding job with his trees.  As I was putting my second wire on my tree I glanced over to see Mike had practicially finished wiring.  No fair!

Adam Lavigne's Tree

Adam Lavigne

Adam Lavigne also went with an informal upright.  His trunk pretty much dictated the way this tree was going to be styled.  He was a last minute participant, and he did a very nice job on stying it out.

Rick Jeffry's Tree

Rick Jeffry

These trees were challenging and Rick’s tree was no exception.  However he was able to harness the wild growth of the tree into a wonderful windswept.   

Paul Pikel's Tree

Paul Pikel

My tree took a different turn all together. The first 3 inches of the tree indicated to me that it wanted to be a cascade or semi cascade.  The raffia really allowed me to bend the branches very far.  The apex of the tree is pretty much a corkscrew to get the growth low and close to the trunk. 

All of the trees will require new growth to pop out and fill in.  However I think this year’s auction next month for these trees will bring in a nice amount. If your club hasn’t tried this program you may want to try it.  Its a lot of fun and a really eye opener.


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