Leo in N E Illinois
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there are "official" names for different sizes of bonsai trees. Small, medium & Large is all you really need to know. The Japanese terms are mostly used when exhibiting bonsai. Different shows will have categories or classes for different size trees. This way the little tree in not competing directly against the huge monster. The most commonly used names are
mame bonsai = 4 inches and smaller in height or length from the rim of the pot.
shohin bonsai = 8 inches or less in height or length from the rim of the pot - note, the term shohin also includes all mame bonsai. Some will include trees to 10 inches, but it depends on your local show rules.
Kifu and Chuhin bonsai = medium size bonsai, I forget what the exact dimensions are, but Kifu is anything over 10 inches, and Chuhin starts a bit taller.
Dai and Omo and Imperial Bonsai - These are large, larger and largest. Dia is over 36 inches tall, Omo is usually classed as over 4 or 5 feet tall, and usually requires 2 or more people to move them. Imperial bonsai are so large and heavy that it takes 4 people to move a single tree around.
In North America, medium and shohin size bonsai are the most common. At shows the larger sizes often are the ones that win the awards. Big and Flashy often gets the judges attention.
mame bonsai = 4 inches and smaller in height or length from the rim of the pot.
shohin bonsai = 8 inches or less in height or length from the rim of the pot - note, the term shohin also includes all mame bonsai. Some will include trees to 10 inches, but it depends on your local show rules.
Kifu and Chuhin bonsai = medium size bonsai, I forget what the exact dimensions are, but Kifu is anything over 10 inches, and Chuhin starts a bit taller.
Dai and Omo and Imperial Bonsai - These are large, larger and largest. Dia is over 36 inches tall, Omo is usually classed as over 4 or 5 feet tall, and usually requires 2 or more people to move them. Imperial bonsai are so large and heavy that it takes 4 people to move a single tree around.
In North America, medium and shohin size bonsai are the most common. At shows the larger sizes often are the ones that win the awards. Big and Flashy often gets the judges attention.
It's budding all over the place which is cool. I should have specified in my post that I'm just curious as to how I to encourage ramification in order to build secondary and tertiary branch scaffolding.
