I think this tree deserves some attention. Especially the massive shari (trunk deadwood) with its protruding handle and only a hint of a living vein (peeking out lower left and upper left). Then there's the foliage which is somewhat groomed but still free-flowing; giving the tree an informal feel. It might also be worth mentioning that it's slanting style. You don't see nearly as many quality slant style bonsai as you do upright bonsai. Here's the caption that accompanies this photo... "Juniperus (no species given) by Salvador De Los Reyes. Approximately 80 years of age. Added by Gustavo Celayes."
Found this old post (March, 2014) while looking to continue our European olive series (see the tree at the bottom).
This isn’t the first time we’ve featured the bonsai of Salvador de los Reyes (here’s a Before & After from August 2012). Actually that may be a bit misleading because none of the bonsai shown here belong to Salvador, though all four appear among his facebook photos. He worked on the tree above but it doesn’t belong to him (here’s the story in Spanish) and the trees below also belong to other people, though Salador had a hand in at least one of them and possibly all three.
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Beautiful tree, beautiful pot, beautiful companion, beautiful arrangement and excellent photo. I believe Salvador de los Reyes might have taken the photo, but I'm too busy -aka impatient- to suffer the aggravation of researching right now (especially in Spanish), so if anyone knows the whole story.... I do know (or believe I know) that the tree belongs to Jose Manuel Frontan Salas.
There’s a story embedded in this post about just how confusing facebook photos can be, especially if you are interested in attribution. Photos get posted and reposted, sometimes dozens of times and trying to trace them back to the artist often proves to be an exercise in futility and frustration.
Have you ever seen a Carob bonsai? I think I have, but maybe just once before and maybe it was this very tree (memory has it's limits). Here's the caption from facebook: Carob Tree (Ceratonia Silicua) by Salvador de Los Reyes from Spain. Owner, Manolo Vargas. Height: 90 cm. Added by Gustavo Celayes
This somewhat overly groomed tree with its magnificent see-through trunk is also from Salvador de los Reyes facebook photos. Is it an olive? The caption says: Excelente obra maestra propiedad de German Gomez Soler (Excelllent masterpiece owned by German Gomez Soler). BTW: German is his name, not his nationality. It's not clear to me if Salvador ever worked on this tree or photographed it, or just liked it and included it in his facebook photos.
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