Bonsai at lelong prices. 2 pots Boxwood n Limau (sang kat) 30cm high RM 300 only.
email - bonsailelong@yahoo.com

Trying to sell off some of my bonsais n bonsai materials to make room 4 reorganizing my garden.



This very old "shui mui" bonsai material to let go RM 380 only.

Interested kindly contact me.



This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Nov 3 2010, 09:16 PM

Walking along the street with these gigantic ficus bonsai give u real great feeling.

RM20 to RM40

[attachmentid=1878522] [attachmentid=1878528] Serissa Foetida
Serissa Tanuki Bonsai

[attachmentid=1878533] [attachmentid=1878539]Boxwood/Buxus Harlandii
Serissa Japonica

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Fucus Ginseng size-M

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Nov 10 2010, 10:40 PM

Kindly contact me by email. Will forward more photos then.

BONSAI in tradition style
The birthplace of bonsai was China and the word bonsai derived from the Chinese word pun-sai. (Anybody interested in the history timeline can check on the internet – Chinese history bonsai timeline.)
The early shapes of Chinese bonsai with sparse foliages gnarled trunks resemble those of Chinese building like the pagoda, animal like the dragon (Chinese like dragon anyway), dancing fairy, aged pine trees that grown on the side of steep rocky mountains and hills. Aired roots and cascading were also very much favored among the early days. These shape although simple but they have their self refinement. Up to today the early Chinese bonsai shaping is still highly prized. There are also “Ying” and “Yang” in Chinese bonsai. “Ying” means feminine and “Yang” means male or the benevolent dragon. Further to all these, each pot of bonsai is given a name, a phase or even a poem to enhance its look.
During the Chinese culture revolution (1966-1976) Chinese antiques, historical sites and culture suffered devastating damages. However the knowledge of cultivating bonsai never died. After the revolution, the Chinese started back their old art of bonsai cultivation again. In the early 90s Chinese began their large scales farming of many types of bonsai, and at the end of the decade exports of Chinese live bonsai plants to many parts of the world began. Among the most common species the Chinese exported are ficus, gensing ficus, fukkien tea, Chinese elm etc. To most people the Chinese mass production bonsai are unhealthy, full of wire scarring, badly chopped trunk that can never recovered, simple and weird looking in some ways. However these bonsai are cheap and very affordable. During the late 90s Chinese traders selling mass production bonsais in Malaysia can be commonly found in the open car parks of many shopping malls. The easy availabilities and cheap Chinese bonsais had actually sparked off the bonsai interests of many people in this country.
The followings are some photos of my traditional shape bonsais for your viewing pleasure. The photos are not so well taken but hope you enjoy watching them.


Peace & Tranquility

Roots of Stabilities

Tree of Pagoda

FOOK (family joy & harmony) and Steps to Prosperities

Dance with the wind

This one call ....... @#$$$$$%&*?

Words of criticism are points for improvement so comments are welcome.

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Nov 11 2010, 03:37 PM

SERISSA - tree of thousand stars/snow rose
Cheap material for bonsai? Not really.
It's a great material for small bonsai n required very much efforts and times to become a good looking one.

Serissa Japonica

Serissa Foetida

Serissa Foetida Rosea
(The smallest leaves n flowers plant I ever have, not easy to grow too.)

Serissa Crassiramea

Serissa Serissoide
(Chinese June Snow very common in M'sia)

SERISSA JAPONICA

6 mths

3 yrs

9 yrs

20 yrs (probably.....)

Fagara Inerma Is it Japan pepper? Look like Limau Rawit?

Bought this at Jusco One Utama sometimes back. Can't grow well.

Bonsai Materials - White Mulberry.



This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Jan 18 2011, 05:05 PM

You're right. Is the type of tree or plant that happened to come across.

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Added on January 19, 2011, 9:58 pm
rm20 to rm60 small to big.

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Jan 19 2011, 09:58 PM

An Ordinary Bonsai Story

This was my good old favored shui mui.
I can still remember how I styled it from time to time over 2 decades.

In the yr 2 thousand n 9. I was down with cornea ulcer in my left eye followed by cardiovascular illness.
Fighting the battle for almost 13 long months n managed to return to my bonsais with full heart.
But then many of my beloved bonsais just gone.

I hope I can still make use of these remains to create some Tanuki bonsai.
As for my good old shui mui, is now under salvation.


All bonsai buddies please do take care of yourself before u can take care of yr bonsai.

Good luck.

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Jan 21 2011, 01:11 PM

Year of the Rabbit is here!





HAPPY & PROPEROUS CHINESE NEW YEAR

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Feb 3 2011, 09:36 AM

Welcome. Hope can make this forum more lively.

Japanese White Pine Black Pine or Chinese Black Pine White Pine are just too good to die in our weather.
Suggestion: save your money and efforts on those and turn to something local.
say "sleeping pine" and "toh jung"



"sleeping pine" still under training.

"toh jung" young trees under initial shaping.
These 2 type of pines have snake like trunks very slow in growing thick or never able to grow thick at all.
Only good for tall thin looking bonsai no way to compare to the black or white.

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Feb 7 2011, 10:06 PM

Hi Chiang,
Thank you very much for pointing out.
For the species with Chinese name "sleeping pine" i think is Juniperous Rigida.
For the one Chinese name called "toh jung" i'm pretty sure is a pine species.
Hope some one can let me know its botanical name.



This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Feb 12 2011, 03:47 PM

Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
Is "toh jung" pine or juniper?

I think you are quite right about "toh jung"
However I don't actually agree it is Juniperous Procumbens.
By looking closely at the specimen photo of "nana" I believe is the common of J Procumbens, the leaves are actually segmented.
Will try to find more info beside from Wikipedia Encyclopedia.
More inputs are welcome. (anyone?)

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Feb 13 2011, 01:51 PM

Wow!
Great info n knowledge!
I may got to ask u about other species too.

Thank you very much.

Ya,
Been there before CNY.
Black pines (from China) only rm50 per pot but don't look so healthy.
(Mind to show yr "sui jung" or sleeping pine/juniper.)

Good to know u.
u got interesting bonsais!
I got 2 China black pine before (bought from China bonsai trader) quite costly ones.
When I was sick, they got sick too. When I manage to recover to go back to my bonsais, they got only trunks remained.
I got many bonsais, mostly deciduous species too tired to take care of them all as I'm still in the recovering stage.

Suggestion to yr black pine: Do an air layering to one of yr long trunk tree, if done correctly u can get a shorter tree n another black pine.

(Harry Harrington gave lot of good tips n interesting articles at his Bonsai4me block that can actually be followed -80/90%)

My experience with maple.
Bought 10 maples at lelong price from Chinese bonsai seller.
Hoping that 1 or 2 might make it, but all gone ho-run(k.o).
Those maples were actually dying.
lesson learn - cheap things no good things.

Suggestion - species common name : Okinawa Holly
B M : Mirten
Botanical name : Malphigia Coccigera

Grow well in half shady area; suitable at balcony or near window.

(Will post some of my collections later)

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Feb 18 2011, 10:08 PM