Last week the Golden State Bonsai Federation hosted its 37th Convention in Sacramento, California – Bonsai Visions of the West. Headliners included Peter Tea, Kathy Shaner and David De Groot. The event featured a great selection of vendors, workshops, demonstrations, auctions and bonsai on display.
A visitor photographing a trident maple
This year’s exhibit was split between judged entries and general entries. Greg McDonald was responsible for the general exhibit. To select trees, Greg and his brother Jay toured the state looking for impressive specimens. Thanks to their effort and to the generous owners who provided trees, the exhibit turned out great. The timing was especially good for some of the deciduous varieties already in fall color making for a very seasonal experience. Here are some of the deciduous varieties and broadleaf evergreens on display.
Winterberry
Ginkgo
Trident maple
Pyracantha
Variegated ivy
Japanese maple
Deciduous variety
Cascade bonsai – Bursera microphylla(?)
Close-up of foliage
Persimmon
Trident maple
Japanese flowering quince ‘chojubai’
Root over rock trident maple
The exhibit also included several shohin displays.
Shohin bonsai display
Black pine
Cotoneaster
Shohin display
Zelkova
Shohin display
Hornbeam
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Kevin Yates says
Hi Jonas,
It’s a Bursera microphylla. I met you at Bill’s this fall, great blog!
Tom Knoblauch says
Zanthoxylum piperitum. Sansho. Pepper Tree
Rick Trumm says
The cascade bonsai in question is a Pachycormus Discolor. common name Elephant Tree.Endemic to Baja California.
japanesepots says
Is it? I thought for sure it was Hawaiian Hawthorn, osteomeles anthyllidifolia, a family cousin to Isozansho, Osteomeles Subrotunda.
osteomeles anthyllidifolia fruit and foliage:
http://www.boardofwatersupply.com/files/Osteomeles-anthyllidifolia-fruitLARGE-.jpg
Sansho Pepper fruit:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Zanthoxylum_piperitum_Fruits_et_graines.jpg
Randall Lee says
After looking at images at various websites, I believe Kevin Yates is correct. It is a Bursera microphylla.
japanesepots says
Definitely either Bursera or Pachycormus. Cool stuff!
Kevin Yates says
Ya, I forgot about pachycormus, it could be that too. It’s hard to tell in the photo. Bursera would have that incense smell, and very liquid sap when cut.
Janet Nelson says
The owner of the cascade bonsai said it’s a “Burciya Fragonoides” (probably spelled Bursera Fagaroides).
Kevin Yates says
It’s not a Bursera Fagaroides, they have a totally different leaf. The microphylla is a more valuable tree to have though both within the bonsai circle and the succulent/ pachyform one. They are harder to find, twiggier, smaller leaf, etc.
A specimen of that size and quality is more than likely and collected tree.