A Collection of Famous Bonsai in a Lovely Outdoor Setting 10/2/15

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Atlas cedar with shadows at the Pacific Bonsai Museum WHOOPS Let's make that the National Bonsai Museum in Wash DC. From the John Naka collection. Photo by Jonas Dupuich (Bonsai Tonight).

By now most of you have been flooded with great photos from the Artisans Cup (with more to come). What you may not have seen are photos from Cup sponsored tours to the Pacific Bonsai Museum with its collection of famous bonsai in a lovely outdoor setting.

All the photos below (with the exception of the 5 styles) were taken by my childhood friend Michael Wells.

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catlin

The photos of the tree and the plaques tell the whole story. All the trees at the Pacific Museum had similar plaques, though we didn't get photos of most of them.

 

hackberry

We've featured this famous Chinese hackberry by Ben Oki before, though this photo gives us a different view.

 

cedar

This looks like a Northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis). Sorry, no plaque; so we don't know who donated (or sold) it to the museum.

 

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ryan

This'll give you some idea of the Museum's wonderful outdoor setting. The tree is a Sierra juniper that was recently purchased from Ryan Neil.

 

tridentforest

We showed a closeup of this multi-hued Trident forest the other day. Unfortunately, I don't remember who donated (or sold) it to the Museum.

 

mushroom

Root-over-rock Trident maple with mushroom.

 

overview

Dropped keys? This photo offers a peek into a piece of the tour and the museum's outdoor setting (I'm in this one, though that's just my shirt sticking out, not my belly). The large Trident maple bonsai, is one of the Museum's originals (plaque just below).

 

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The 5 main bonsai styles from the Museum website.

 

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6 thoughts on “A Collection of Famous Bonsai in a Lovely Outdoor Setting

  1. The eastern Cedar was from either Reiner Goebel or John Biel from Toronto

  2. The trident forest is #206.
    Dat of Origin: 1970
    Artist: John Planting
    Bonsai Since: 1971
    Source: Planting Collection, Menlo Park, CA

    Remind me later, and I’ll email you a pic of the cards. It’s still on my big camera.

  3. The White Cedar is #230. Goebel. Not Nick Lenz.

    Though there is a great Nick Lenz right nearby. It’s a larch. I’ve got those cards, too. Nag me and I’ll send them to you, too.

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