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bon·sai (bone-sigh) n.

Etymology: Japanese, literally, tray planting; a potted plant (as a tree) dwarfed and trained to an artistic shape by special methods of culture

Also: the art of growing such a plant

Plural: bonsai

Bonsai calligraphy by Eri Takase

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Morikami Collection...

Last Saturday, I went to visit the Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens to photograph their Bonsai Collection. The temperature was over 90 degrees, and the sun kept playing hide and seek with me, but I was able to take pictures of all the trees on exhibit.

Our Florida weather allows us to use some local materials that people from other climes might consider unusual, difficult, or impossible so I thought you might like to see some South Florida bonsai.

The Morikami Collection gallery is here, but I thought I'd show off a few of the better photographs below:

Published Friday, June 09, 2006 4:35 PM
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