Tamarind forest

Hi IBC.

I got a work (project) in a far far away place where internet is not available, so can't post more often. but I can browse IBC in my mobile phone when I got the right spot.

...But, as a consolation in exchange for the high tech world I got new inspiration from the rural/country side scenes on my way to work.
...In a vast rice field, I saw an "islet" of tamarind trees where the farmers humble house is sheltered by trees.
...A peaceful, tranquil place I wanted to re-create in a pot... I did over the weekend.



regards,
jun

Very nice Jun, thanks for posting.

Very nice. Personally, I could do without the hut, but that's 100% a matter of taste. It is, at least, in scale.

Your pot needs cleaning -- badly.

JimLewis wrote:Very nice. Personally, I could do without the hut, but that's 100% a matter of taste. It is, at least, in scale.

Your pot needs cleaning -- badly.

..Thank you Jim.

just took the photo right after I'm done with the landscape, forgot to wash the pot.

regards,
jun

Jun,
I like it very much.
Jerry

Jerry,

Thanks.

regards,
jun


Forgot to mention the height guys- The tallest tree is 80cm. the pot is around 85cm in length.

Nice forest, I to could have done without the hut at first. But after looking at the picture for a while I think it is just because its such a shiney new little hut. Once it has weathered a bit and lost its shine it will not stick out so much. So with all that said I like the hut now, well done on the creation.

Thank you Fez.

It's a newly constructed bamboo hut., after a few days in the sun and rain (watering) it will lost it's shine...and hopefully it will blend in.

regards,
jun

Here it is without the hut and "rice" grass.

photo taken during the creation of the landscape




regards,
jun

JUN,,A very nice forest you created!! i guess you had the trees just laying around..lucky man..are these trees related to rain trees??? good job as usual..take care john

Storm,

Thanks!.

regards,
jun


John,

Thanks!
Yes John. I got lots of tamarind seedlings and cuttings. but the biggest tree, I bought it to complete the composition for trunk size variation.

Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) and rain tree (Albizia saman) both belongs to the pea family...so they are distant relatives. but rain tree is classified as flowering tree while tamarind is a fruiting tree.

regards,
jun

I like your forest scene Jun. I can imagine the elephant chasing the tiger out of the bamboo grove.
Do you have tigers and elephants in the Phillipines?
Best,
Todd

Todd Ellis wrote:I like your forest scene Jun. I can imagine the elephant chasing the tiger out of the bamboo grove.
Do you have tigers and elephants in the Phillipines?
Best,
Todd

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Thanks Todd!
.....Yes. Inside the zoos. Tigers and and elephant are not endemic to the Philippines and if they were they'll be gone by now.
...Our wild life is badly degraded. We belong to the fastest degrading forest in the world, with 480 hectares of secondary forest destroyed everyday without replacement, only 3% of the original rainforest remains...we are just learning slowly with the current logging ban. Hope fully it will help.

regards,
jun:)

Nice creation Jun but I found the grass out of proportion to the landscape

Xuan

xuan le wrote:Nice creation Jun but I found the grass out of proportion to the landscape

Xuan

Thank you Xuan!

The farmer got too busy in the field, forgot to trim the grass.hehehe. I'll do it for him.

regards,
jun

Thank you for explaining, Jun. I guess it would be a long way to swim to one of the islands for either beast.
Overpopulation; too many people in this world. The Premna moratorium only scratches the surface.
Best, Todd

Todd Ellis wrote:Thank you for explaining, Jun. I guess it would be a long way to swim to one of the islands for either beast.
Overpopulation; too many people in this world. The Premna moratorium only scratches the surface.
Best, Todd

...The world is still too vast for people to settle in, Forest lands are fertile too, people are just lazy to do reforestration works...d**n my plywoods and other wood products I need at work are too expensive nowadays! almost double in price in less than 4 years...good for mother nature bad news for the clients...hehehe. I'm just the middleman.

regards,
jun

jun wrote:Here it is without the hut and "rice" grass.

photo taken during the creation of the landscape




regards,
jun

What ground cover are you using on the right side, just normal clovers?

Yes Matthew, but I'm not so sure if its the same variety found outside of south east asia.

regards,
jun