Blown up and a little fuzzy, but still... astounding!
Some days you just get lucky. Yesterday I stumbled across the wildly expressive bonsai you see here. It was posted by John Romano (of Kaikou School of Bonsai fame).
Here’s what John wrote about it: “One of my favorite shohin bonsai. Owned by a private collector in South Korea (bought in Japan). My good Japanese friend maintains this person’s trees. The owner is a collector and doesn’t show his trees (doesn’t care!) but has fabulous trees bought mostly in Japan. Is it really shohin? I don’t care! love it! Recent posts by Mark Arpag and Bjorn Bjorholm inspired me post this.” From John’s facebook feed.
Here's the original photo. I cropped and enlarged the somewhat fuzzy one above to get a closer look.
I borrowed this photo from the Kaikou School of Bonsai, which just happens to be located at New England Bonsai. My old stompin grounds.
This one is from New England Bonsai Garden’s website.
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