grouper52
Masterpiece
As I've said in other threads, the Literati style is rapidly and unexpectedly occupying large parts of my mental landscape since retiring here to the Philippines.
All last week I was on a one week jaunt to Bicol, my wife's home province down south. She's one of twelve from a farming family, and all the women relatives are crazy about gardening and such, so thgey took me around to a number of nurseries looking for bonsai material. They didn't quite know what bonsai material was, and were shocked st some of the things I bought, but there were also a number of things that did lead them to question my sanity, and one was a small thin Fukien Tea with a few branches. I've always admired this species in the old Chinese Penjing books I have, and tried to raise a few in the puget Sound area over the years, but they died easily despite my best efforts, and overall have a reputation for being finicky and just plain up-and-dying out of the blue for no apparent reason, so I gave up on them there. But here, especially in the tropical lowlands they seem to grow very well - and even so up here in the mountains at one mile elevation where we live - so I bought this little guy, brought him home, and the re-pot and simple trimming has him already off to a very pleasing literati start.
Stands proudly at about 18" above the pot rim.
Enjoy!
All last week I was on a one week jaunt to Bicol, my wife's home province down south. She's one of twelve from a farming family, and all the women relatives are crazy about gardening and such, so thgey took me around to a number of nurseries looking for bonsai material. They didn't quite know what bonsai material was, and were shocked st some of the things I bought, but there were also a number of things that did lead them to question my sanity, and one was a small thin Fukien Tea with a few branches. I've always admired this species in the old Chinese Penjing books I have, and tried to raise a few in the puget Sound area over the years, but they died easily despite my best efforts, and overall have a reputation for being finicky and just plain up-and-dying out of the blue for no apparent reason, so I gave up on them there. But here, especially in the tropical lowlands they seem to grow very well - and even so up here in the mountains at one mile elevation where we live - so I bought this little guy, brought him home, and the re-pot and simple trimming has him already off to a very pleasing literati start.
Stands proudly at about 18" above the pot rim.
Enjoy!