We can assume this Azalea (I imagine it’s a Satsuki) belongs to one of the four exhibitors listed below. Actually, we might be able to narrow it down to one of three of the exhibitors (I couldn’t find it on Walter Pall’s website so, I’m assuming it is not his).
The photos here are from a current Bonsai Exhibition at the Munich Botanical Garden. It ends June 1st, so you still have a little time. I originally saw the photos on Walter Pall’s facebook feed and then on his Bonsai blog.
I couldn’t find any info of the individual trees on facebook or on Walter’s blog, so I did a little detective work and was able to identify two (maybe all three) of the tree’s below from the 10,000 bonsai on Walter’s website.
Here are the exhibitors: Harald Lehner, Walter Pall, Hans Kastner & Peter Schwarzer.
Naturalistic bonsai. You can tell at a glance that this tree belongs to Walter (the Godfather of Naturalistic bonsai). Here’s some details from his website: 60 cm high. About to 100 years old. Pot by Gordon Duffet. From a tree which was collected in Italy in 1992. He doesn’t say who collected it. BTW: great pot.
This one also has Walter’s naturalistic style written all over it. Here are some specs (from Walter’s website): Norway spruce. 75 cm high. Around 150 years old. Pot by Derek Aspinall. From a tree which was collected in Switzerland in 1998.
I found a Norway spruce on Walter’s website that looks like it might be an earlier iteration of this tree. But I’m not sure.
A close up of the Azalea at the top. Apologies for the fuzz; the price you sometimes pay for a closer look.
If Walter is the “godfather”, what would you call Nick Lenz, and Dan Robinson?
Nick is the Pioneer and Dan is Picasso.