Bristlecone Pine Bonsai
So here is my first bc pine there is another one in the pot with it.
Bristlecone pine bonsai. The taxonomy gets a little convoluted here so bare with me. Finally the pinus aristata bristlecone pine mostly grows in colorado and new mexico. I have seen posts here that make me. Actually talk with vance woods about how he treats his mugos.
Colorado bonsai the bristlecone pines by bonsai mirai. Here is a great video by ryan neil from bonsai mirai about using bristlecone pines for bonsai. It has short strong dark green paired needles and a dark brown bark. Posted on january 14 2018 by admin march 5 2019.
Little else grows among the older specimens. Bristlecone pine collected 2017 height 36 bristlecone pine collected 2017 height 36 first branch bonsai. Bristlecone pine bonsai the bristlecone pine pinus aristata is an extremely hardy and long living pine tree native from mountainous and arid areas in america utah nevada california. Bristlecone pines are well suited to the dry environment in which they live where 80 of the precipitation comes in the form of snow the ancient bristlecone pine forest johnson 32.
Bristlecone pine with roots exposed due to erosion. It is a very informative video if you should happen to have a bristlecone pine in your collection or your thinking about getting one. Granted bristlecone is a 5 needle pine so the structure of their growth is very similar to jwp but because they are high mountain pines from arid regions their environment is more like that of a mugo. When most people hear the name bristlecone these ancients come to mind but there are actually three species of bristlecone pines.
I have had tropical bonsai for years but haven t kept any pines. The germination and reproduction process is not easy so their seeds are highly appreciated. This time i just put some seeds in a pot out on the porch and presto. That sums up all i know about bristlecone pines.
Genus pinus subgenus strobus section parrya subsection balfourianae species longaeva or great basin bristlecone these are the ancients aristata or rocky mountain bristlecone.