Thanks to Bill Valavanis for pointing out that this pine is one and the same as the Randy Knight freshly collected pine that we featured in a previous post (American Bonsai Heaven). It won the Meco Bonsai/Kiku Award at the 2nd US National Bonsai Exhibition (June 2010) for the Finest Evergreen. It’s by Scott Elser of Portland, Oregon (that famous bonsai heaven/hot bed).
Less than a year
By the way, we are just less than one year away from the 3rd US National Bonsai Exhibition, June 9-10, 2012. I think you might want to put it on your calendar right now and start figuring out a way to be there. And, if you have a worthy bonsai you’d like to enter, well, why not? Stay posted to International Bonsai for more information on next year’s show.
Another of Randy Knight’s collected trees that’s off to a very good start. Perhaps we’ll see it in a future US National Bonsai Exhibition.
The first two albums in what promises to be a long and illustrious collection. These albums will not be reprinted, so don’t wait too long if you are interested in putting together a complete library of many of America’s best bonsai.
I don’t think it’s the same bonsai as is shown being collected by Randy. the nebari, deadwood apex, and bark are all different. I’ve seen other “barber pole” Ponderosa shaped a lot like this one. I could be wrong though.
Scott brought that tree into our club meeting as part of a great presentation he did on presenting bonsai. That tree is really huge although you might not realize it from the photos. It’s a truly amazing tree.
I don’t think so either. But for an easy check, click “Randy Knight” above and see the 4th image top row of images at the bottom.. Considering the different angle, it’s tricky.
The live vein on the trunk spirals at a distinctly different angle on those two trees.
that said, Randy’s site is well worth the time to explore. such beauty!
Thanks Zack, Bruce and of course Al,
Still on vacation, so I’ll leave it to you guys to solve the mystery.