SmokeyGhost Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 What does this CITES regulations paperwork mean? Is this an endangered bonsai!? :unsure: Nah, just my warped sense of humour at play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Farnsbarns Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 The situation here is that it is covered by CITES and I'm told un-grafted shishigashira can no longer be imported. Bonsai importers take huge risks. One bug or one error in a tree description and they burn your entire container load and charge you $400 an hour to do it. Then they have to be quarantined and since they would die, the importer has to become his own licensed quarantiner so he can keep them alive and quarantine at the same time. It makes your rosewood fretboard concerns seem silly when you think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Let's write some blues about the life of a bonsai importer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 I never knew a Bonsai tree turned red. So gorgeous now that I saw it! Thanks for Sharing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Farnsbarns Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 I never knew a Bonsai tree turned red. So gorgeous now that I saw it! Thanks for Sharing it. Bonsai trees just do whatever that species of tree does. Same tree. The miniaturising is man-made, not genetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Let's write some blues about the life of a bonsai importer! Funnily enough my first reaction was sympathy for the poor bloody trees! But yes; CITES is an essential but immensely complicated control to enforce - from both sides of the equation. Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Farnsbarns Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Hmmmm. Feeling a little silly. Unlike any Japanese maple I've ever known it seems these come out with completely green leaves. Just the slightest hint of red for the first day, a hair thin edge in each leaf. Anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 I bet Rabs could make something really nice out of that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Spring is well and truly in the air! V. Nice, Farns! Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 ....Just the slightest hint of red for the first day, a hair thin edge in each leaf..... Thread necromancy alert. I hope your bonsai is doing well, Farns (and you as well - I see you're not real active on the boards lately). I always loved that bonsai, but I went for a grove... of full size trees! They are really big.... and spectacular! Recently bought this house that's basically in the middle of a forest. Nice lake views, too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Thread necromancy alert. I hope your bonsai is doing well, Farns (and you as well - I see you're not real active on the boards lately). I always loved that bonsai, but I went for a grove... of full size trees! They are really big.... and spectacular! Recently bought this house that's basically in the middle of a forest. Nice lake views, too.... Looks beautiful! You in NorCal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Looks beautiful! You in NorCal? Thanks, Dub. North Idaho. Way north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 I miss Farns. Nice place Cougar. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 I miss Farns. rct He was here yesterday for a couple of hours but didn't post, think his posting rights are suspended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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