Twisted pistacia lentiscus

This tree was collected last year, and styled this afternoon. We are thinking about what type of pot ... so here are 2 virtuals, one with standard and another with stone-like pot. I hope we will find something suitable soon.

More photos of development are on blog:
http://www.animabonsai.com/trees/pistacia-lentiscus-no-2/
http://www.animabonsai.com/pistacia-lentiscus-mastic-tree-2/

First pic. Pretty tree. Is that how it looks now or how you hope it will look?

You guys collect the most amazing material!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The first pot, pleeeeeeeeeease. Beautiful combination.

Russell

JimLewis wrote:First pic. Pretty tree. Is that how it looks now or how you hope it will look?

Only pots are virtuals. Look at my blog.

... or something like this? I really like this kind of pots

nice tree. first pot- enhance the tree. other two steals the show.

Marija Hajdic wrote:

JimLewis wrote:First pic. Pretty tree. Is that how it looks now or how you hope it will look?

Only pots are virtuals. Look at my blog.

OK. Thanks. Don't have time for blogs, gotta do bonsai instead. Very nice tree.

I really like the traditional pot with this tree! Awesome material! Todd

very nice action tree!!!, I prefer the first pot.

The texture of the stone-like pots steals the show of the excellent trunk's bark, if I may say....

I am always trying to look on bonsai like unit form. I don't think that pot and tree are separate things. I don't wont to bother with details.

A unit of course!
But on the other hand...., there is always a protagonist

I feel the first pot is better as it makes a more dramatic contrast with the complex trunk. The natural rock pot just blends in with the trunk and hides the wildness of the amazing trunk. Maybe a simpler more angular and slightly larger pot would be even better.

Rob Kempinski wrote:I feel the first pot is better as it makes a more dramatic contract with the complex trunk. The natural rock pot just blends in with the trunk and hides the wildness of the amazing trunk. Maybe a simpler more angular and slightly larger pot would be even better.

Nice pot, thanks

I have a virt that might offer a compromise.

prestontolbert wrote:I have a virt that might offer a compromise.

The tree has a strong horizontal component and needs a wider shallow pot to go with that.

I'm no good at verts but I agree with Rob that a pot works best.......how about a dry creek bed finish pot?
Really great material.
Cheers G

I agree on the pot with Rob. It´s just stuning how quickly you are able to train decently looking crown out of a stump, impossible in our central european climate, or doable just with very limited number of species . I like your choice of keeping the secondary trunk where many bonsaists would carve an uro. Very natural looking tree, I am curious how it will look in another 2 years, uff, my congratulations!

Lukas Sirotny wrote:I agree on the pot with Rob. It´s just stuning how quickly you are able to train decently looking crown out of a stump, impossible in our central european climate, or doable just with very limited number of species . I like your choice of keeping the secondary trunk where many bonsaists would carve an uro. Very natural looking tree, I am curious how it will look in another 2 years, uff, my congratulations!

Pistacia has pinnately compound leaf so crown silhouette quickly looks full, but like other species for maturity can be only reached by time.
I agree with you on your opinion about secondary thunk, it is very important in this composition.

Thanks you and others for comments!

Rob Kempinski wrote:
The tree has a strong horizontal component and needs a wider shallow pot to go with that.

Thank you!

As you might assume, I vote for the first pot or the one suggested by Rob Kempinski

Nik Rozman wrote:As you might assume, I vote for the first pot or the one suggested by Rob Kempinski

Yes.

Great tree,I hope to see it in the future in real life on a bonsai-exhibit
Greetings Ed

Todays look.

I like the natural pot, it enhance the character; BTW, I'd like to see the other angles..