Happy New Year 2013

I wish you all a Happy New Year 2013



A Brazilian rain tree from cutting in 1995



In 2005




In 2009


Warm regards,

Budi Sulistyo

!!Amazing !!

And a Very Happy New Year to you!!!!
Stay Well.
Khaimraj

Here was my idea when I designed the bonsai




Samanea saman or our local rain tree was an amazing tree with large canopy that I loved so much since my childhood. Luckily I can find an other rain tree: Pithecellobium tortum that has smaller leaves and ideal for a bonsai that I dreamt.

Budi

Actually Budi,

a friend of mine from the UK, was able to bonsai a Saman, but to maintain it he had to use a large amount of fertilizer.
I am trying to re-do a similar effort.
I was able to keep one at around 15 cm years ago, with really small leaves, I will one day try again.
Later.
Khaimraj

Khaimraj,

I could not believe it. It is really a wonderful and challenging job. Thanks friend.

Budi

Hi Budi

Thanks for sharing the lovely tree.....Happy New Year to you too, and to everybody else.

Kind regards Yvonne

Happy New Year Budi! and to all IBC friends may you all have a wonderful 2013!

regards,
jun

Happy new year to all !!!


Four season my stump of beech :


Spring


Summer


Autumn


Winter



Best Regards to all

Happy New Year to all!
Budi, thank you for showing the "inspiration tree" for your lovely bonsai. There are many trees I want to photograph for inspiration and design ideas.
Todd

Hi Tod,

Thanks a lot for your appreciation on the creation of my brazilian rain tree.

Budi

Budi your talent is tremendous. I thank you for posting pictures here for us. I wish you a happy New Year.
I have your book and I wish I was your neighbor.
How tall is your rain tree?

Hi Philip,

Thanks for your comment. The bonsai is 62 cm.

Budi

Happy New Year, Mr. Budi!
Very beautiful raintree!
I love the color of the pot in year 2009!

Any chance that you can share a close up photo of the shari/carving, Sir?
Thank you.

Hi Budi,
Do you have a close-up picture of your mudman that you could share?
Thanks,
Todd

Hi Alexandra and Todd,

There is no carving on this tree. The color of the bark made the white silhouette on the trunk. Here is the close up.

Thank you Mr. Budi!
This is exciting. I wish I could admire this in person.

Beautiful tree Budi......really inspirational.
Nigel

Samanea Saman also called Albizia Saman are known locally in Jamaica as 'Guango' Its a beautiful tree and I can see how it would have inspired you to create a bonsai in its likeness. I actually have a few that I have grown from seed that are in training but they are light years from being in any condition to be shown.

Maybe 10 years from now I'll have something worthy of sharing, but I'd love to get my hands on a raintree.

Cheers,
Nigel

Nigel Parke wrote:Samanea Saman also called Albizia Saman are known locally in Jamaica as 'Guango' Its a beautiful tree and I can see how it would have inspired you to create a bonsai in its likeness. I actually have a few that I have grown from seed that are in training but they are light years from being in any condition to be shown.

Maybe 10 years from now I'll have something worthy of sharing, but I'd love to get my hands on a raintree.

Cheers,
Nigel

Thanks Nigel. To my mind the leave of Samanea saman is too big for a medium to a small bonsai. We had better choose a specimen with smaller leaves. I would love to see yours, anyhow.

Budi

[quote Thanks Nigel. To my mind the leave of Samanea saman is too big for a medium to a small bonsai. We had better choose a specimen with smaller leaves. I would love to see yours, anyhow.]

I agree the leaves would be too large for a medium to small bonsai which is why I thought it would be better represented as a medium to large bonsai. I ended up growing from seed because I could not find one in the size that I wanted.

The largest of the ones I have is just about two years old now and in fairness I had not been giving it as much attention as it deserved. I had let it grow until the trunk was about 2" thick at the base and then I cut it back to about 2' in height as I had some buds coming out in the region of the trunk where I had envisioned some branches to be. In retrospect I think I should have been more patient and let it grow some more.

I had grown them partly as an experiment to see if it was possible to do and because no-one else had used it (to my knowledge). Also I am trying out how well pond baskets do with different species. It now has a leader which is growing strongly, as we are coming out of winter I am preparing to feed it heavily for the growth surge that Spring will bring.

I will post a picture when I get a chance, but be forewarned its very, very early in its development.

Regards
Nigel