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Omono
So this is the first bonsai I ever repotted and experimented with. As such, it's basically been abused, bad decisions made, branches broken, juvenile foliage, everything. But it actually has a pretty decent nebari under the soil that I've left alone in this pot for a few years a and every once in awhile I pull it out and try to figure out what I can do with it.
Because of my mistakes, the apex here is actually basically this one long shitty branch coming off of a large and unsightly branch, but I think both are hidden pretty well, and I can see a pyramid shape forming. This at least was a great lesson in how hiding defects can really change the feel of a tree.
I'm never expecting this to be much of a tree, but for the time being at least I feel like I can use it to experiment with and learn on. At this stage in my learning it's worth it, but as I get better it may be that it will eventually no longer be so.
Here' the tree from a poor angle to show off what I'm considering faults
And with a turn, here's what I'm thinking could be a front... I thinking it could be passable with some cleanup, wiring, and filling in, but this could just be a lost cause. It's possible that taking the current apex off entirely is the way to go.
Because of my mistakes, the apex here is actually basically this one long shitty branch coming off of a large and unsightly branch, but I think both are hidden pretty well, and I can see a pyramid shape forming. This at least was a great lesson in how hiding defects can really change the feel of a tree.
I'm never expecting this to be much of a tree, but for the time being at least I feel like I can use it to experiment with and learn on. At this stage in my learning it's worth it, but as I get better it may be that it will eventually no longer be so.
Here' the tree from a poor angle to show off what I'm considering faults
And with a turn, here's what I'm thinking could be a front... I thinking it could be passable with some cleanup, wiring, and filling in, but this could just be a lost cause. It's possible that taking the current apex off entirely is the way to go.