Columbus Bonsai Society 2018 Annual Show, Columbus Ohio, July 14-15

[Cable]

It was nice meeting you @JudyB. Hopefully I'll get back down your way before you move so I can see your collection!

 

[JudyB]

@Cable -Oh it will be at least a few years. I think you'll have a chance, LOL.

 

[Cable]

Oh, ok. For some reason I thought it was by the end of the year!

 

[wsteinhoff]

Here is what I brought home. A bougainvillea that I'll air layer above that straight section (with a ficus tag along in the pot) and two pots I just planted.

 

[wsteinhoff]

Link to the winning trees...
https://m.facebook.com/mbauduy/post...7D&__tn__=EHH-R&cached_data=false&ftid=&mdf=1

 

[JudyB]

Actually to be accurate the first pic is the first place peoples choice. The second pic is the first place members voting (and a nice trident by Mike Thornhill) that was also voted 2nd place peoples choice. The third photo is the members choice for third place. The second place members tree was a very strange juniper plant. I didn't understand that choice at all. Perhaps if someone has a photo we can discuss.

 

[wsteinhoff]

Thanks for that. I figured if the club shared the post to their page then it was the first, second, and third place trees like it said.

 

[PeaceLoveBonsai]

Actually to be accurate the first pic is the first place peoples choice. The second pic is the first place members voting (and a nice trident by Mike Thornhill) that was also voted 2nd place peoples choice. The third photo is the members choice for third place. The second place members tree was a very strange juniper plant. I didn't understand that choice at all. Perhaps if someone has a photo we can discuss.

That makes more sense.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Judy, your displays as a whole, were head and shoulders better than anything else I’m seeing in those photos: classic, thoughtful compositions, good grooming, training, and scale, appropriate stands (including the metallic elements), pots and accents. In fact, so far ahead of the rest, that it’s unlikely your displays were fully appreciated. You’re playing chess in a room full of checker matches. I hope that was apparent to you, in the event you didn’t bring home all the hardware.

 

[JudyB]

Judy, your displays as a whole, were head and shoulders better than anything else I’m seeing in those photos: classic, thoughtful compositions, good grooming, training, and scale, appropriate stands (including the metallic elements), pots and accents. In fact, so far ahead of the rest, that it’s unlikely your displays were fully appreciated. You’re playing chess in a room full of checker matches. I hope that was apparent to you, in the event you didn’t bring home all the hardware.

I don't really care about the hardware there, I don't do it for that reason. I do it because it makes me push the trees and myself to make them and the display as perfect as possible.
The displays were not even set as they were intended. When I arrived, one of my 3 point trees was up on a multiple mass mame stand. I had to go on a hunt to retrieve it and at least set it with the other two. There is not enough room for the trees that they attempt to display here, so the three point and the metal stand and all the trees and accessories were in about a 4' space. You could not even discern that they were "displays". The same was true for the Hornbeam, that had the honor of having the raffle flyers stacked in front of it.... I was not happy that they feel like they can split up trees as they like. I gave them photos of how the displays were to be set.
I doubt the majority of the members, and all of the "people" know what they are really looking at. But I will say that the trident that won was nice, as was the azalea. I know that guy Mike Thornhill, and am happy for him. But that juniper I just don't understand, lol.

 

[wsteinhoff]

When I arrived, one of my 3 point trees was up on a multiple mass mame stand. I had to go on a hunt to retrieve it and at least set it with the other two.

Yeah that I couldn't believe they messed up that much. I saw that goji and was like I swear that's Judy's tree.

 

[jimib]

I just saw some posts on FB from the Columbus show. Is this the Juniper in question? My novice eye looked at it for a long time. In fact it’s the only pic I took this year.

 

[JudyB]

I just saw some posts on FB from the Columbus show. Is this the Juniper in question? My novice eye looked at it for a long time. In fact it’s the only pic I took this year. View attachment 202668

Yes this is the tree.