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[edit] Bonsai Trident Maple

Bonsai Trident Maple. Grown in the Root over Rock style, and with foliage trained to resemble a dragona Wikipedia:Featured picture
Bonsai Trident Maple. Grown in the Root over Rock style, and with foliage trained to resemble a dragon
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Trust Schumacher, Small is Beautiful. A very well balanced USDA photograph of a Bonsai tree. -- Solipsist 23:18, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)

  • Support. -- Solipsist 23:18, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Definitely -- Chris 73 Talk 00:22, Oct 19, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. We need more non geeky images like this. Janderk 08:20, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Chmouel 10:33, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Striking. --Cantus 01:22, Oct 20, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Nice color, and composition. [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm|(talk)

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  • Oppose. Neutral. Changed my mind partly because of what i've been reading about the trees. I'd much rather see a picture in a natural setting than against the blue background though. --ScottyBoy900Q∞ 14:20, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Very nice. I love the rock in the middle, causing the roots to stretch over it. Looks great. --Might and power 22:19, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Very elegant. Alphax (talk) 07:04, Oct 21, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Shows clearly what bonsai is about. — Bill 12:53, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • support -- sannse (talk) 11:15, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • Object. According to the image page, this is not a bonsai tree: it's a penjing tree. The two are similar, but not identical. Therefore this image is a) misnamed, and b) used to illustrate the wrong article. Markalexander100 05:08, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)
    • I'm not an expert, but I don't think there is a problem here. In English, the adopted word for this art form is 'Bonsai', as it is in Japanese. In China the name is 'Penjing'. There are stylistic cultural divergences between Japanese and Chinese bonsai (and presumably Korean too). For example this tree is growing in a Chinese decorated pot, and is trained so that its outline represents a dragon. In Japan, plainer pots and a more naturalistic shapes are often prefered. Once the penjing article grows to describe the individual distinctions and history of the Chinese art, you could move the image, but for the moment the bonsai page describes both better. -- Solipsist 09:22, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • Promoted, +10/-1 -- [[User:Bevo|Bevo]] 19:26, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)