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we have been to a few more plant stalls over the past few weeks taking pictures of bonsai as we go, I hope you enjoy them, so here goes,
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this one in flower, notice the coconut soil, I am now thinking that out here it is more important to keep the soil damp as it is so warm out here,
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it was one of this collection,
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this one growing over a rock,
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I am not sure what this ground cover plant was,
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I am not sure if this is a bonsai or a cut off tree,
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new for me the plants, Juniper I think, have two colour foliage, green and a creamy white,
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I am again not sure what this plant is,
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I did like this bonsai over rock,
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but for me I really liked the moss as a cover plant,
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there were two nice ones here,
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at another plant market I noticed these examples, tree roots making the pot,
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with a nice little fern growing through the moss,
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I did not ask the price, the problem out here is that when you do the owner thinks it is going to be a sale,
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this one is at the same place I bought our bonsai from 1,300 baht ($42.35, ...£26.54), I hope everyone likes the pictures, as usual we will keep looking for more examples, the good news is that we have to go to Bangkok in about 6 weeks time, so I will take more pictures of bonsai then, sfk.

Your mystery ground cover is Selaginella. The ROR Ficus looks like burtt-davyii and the red tipped tree looks like Eugenia myrtifolia. The "trunk chop" is both, a "used to be a tree" and "developing bonsai". Trunk chopping is a method used to get super-fat trunks with lots of taper.

I think you're getting us used to being envious :p or maybe I'm just not in the 'let's go buy an airline ticket'-mood today...

Thanks for sharing

Oh, I wouldn't say that, well... maybe a little. But those two RORs are amazing, and I really like the potential of the first, a Malpighia.

I liked the natural wood/root containers. Very cool looking. I don't do bonsai, but have broms in an old cedar burl, and have used driftwood.

Love the photos!