Dien Dàn Cây Canh Viet Nam is what the caption says. Both the tree and the language are Vietnamese, even though the photo and the other two in this post are from Indonesian Bonsai.
It’s the tree above that caught my attention while scrolling through reams of facebook photos (part of the advantage of having several thousand facebook friends – there are disadvantages too, as you might imagine).
Aside from the fact that it’s a dynamic tree with its powerful well-tapered trunk full of texture and movement, three staggered crowns and all the rest, there’s that thought that keeps popping up every time I see trees like this… ah to live in tropics! Year round bonsai with cuttings as big as your wrist that actually take and growth so fast that there’s always something to do. Meanwhile the thermometer on the front porch says -20F (that’s -29 C – cold either way).
Speaking of Viet Nam, we featured a post a while back titled A Magical Land Where Almost Every House Has a Bonsai. The observation belong to Robert Steven. Can you imagine almost every house in your country with a bonsai? Or even almost every house in your neighborhood?
This one has the same caption as the one above (and below): Dien Dàn Cây Canh Viet Nam
From a Vietnamese friend. ….
You are going to laugh at this! That is not a specific type of plant.
Dien Dan = Forum
Cay Canh = Cay = tree, Canh = prune, Literal translation = Tree Pruning or Bonsai
When you combine the words, you have Bonsai Forum.
I think it is ‘Wrightia’ – a very popular Vietnamese plant for bonsai subject.
Ha!
Thanks Don. For the translation and for you informed guess about the Wrightia genus (lotsa species to chose from however).