Bunjeh
Chumono
So,..obviously it is a malady. I went up to to Kent to by pots yesterday. 6 out of 10 were blue.
Did everyone here start with BLUE pots?
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Mike Corazzi
Masterpiece
You're right, but my Acer goes crispy every late summer so no leaves ever turn colors.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
You're right, but my Acer goes crispy every late summer so no leaves ever turn colors.
Just got the name!
Nice.
Sorce
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
The late Jim won't see this quote... @Vin your post relating to jkl...had me reminiscing. Found a compliment...on the creeper and blue pot it came in,from Jim I had forgotten about. Put a smile on my face...thanks for mentioning the amazing man. His ways...early in helped mold me...but, I get some crazy roots are not meant to be shown...but...going on five years and my love of exposed roots has blossomed. Two projects going on this spring...and another one in my head I am pondering doing. Some love flowers...as @Carol 83 reminded me...I am hooked on them roots. Which she can attest to. Good ol' Jim...miss him. Good archives of his though...so he lives on through his posts...and our memories.
This one is blue, and it is Chinese. Not cheap, though!
And then, there was THIS even less cheap Chinese blue pot:
And perhaps the ULTIMATE blue pot:
This pot is valued at well over $1Million! It rents for $100,000 for the week of Kokofu. Many Kokofu winners have used this pot to win the prize! Every year, there is great speculation over who will use it, and which tree will get to be shown in it!
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Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
I accidentally posted before I was thru making the post. Take another look. I edited it.Lovely @Adair M ! Thanks for sharing.Was thinking it ended up with a different pair of shoes...no? I maybe mistaken...
Gsquared
Shohin
My first pot was a standard purple brown unglazed oval. A little on the deep side. It was for my first tree (circa 1988), a Hollywood juniper (variegated no less, what was I thinking?) which went into a sale a couple of years later. It isn't the pot that I look back on as the embarrassment, it was the choice of a variegated juniper as my first tree choice. I could use the pot still. It was a decent training pot.
ihaveaspaceship
Shohin
I think these are japan imports from the 60/70's? Got these along with 30 others from an old Florist shop turned estate. I guess It closed down back in the 70's but it was around since the 20's.
These 2 blue pots are the only glazed ones out of the bunch. I plan to get something in them next spring.
These 2 blue pots are the only glazed ones out of the bunch. I plan to get something in them next spring.
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milehigh_7
Mister 500,000
There are many blue pots that I love. One of my first pots was this little pre-WWII Banko. I do believe it was a casualty of one of our many... um... adventures.
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
There's the blue pot I was envisioning... ? great pairing.
? renting a pot for Kokofu...I didn't even know that was an opinion...but...DANG!
Clicio
Masterpiece
My first mallsai was an S shaped ficus in a blue pot.
So I guess I'm in.
So I guess I'm in.
Starfox
Masterpiece
This is my nicest blue one, the glaze is almost impossible to get a reasonable picture of whether it is in bright light, dull light or artificial.
Such a deep blue.
I use the mallsai ones for succulents or as seed trays and ficus.
Such a deep blue.
I use the mallsai ones for succulents or as seed trays and ficus.
A. Gorilla
Omono
I went to a bonsai show at the Chicago botanic gardens as a teen (about 25 years ago), and my parents bought me 4 blue pots. 
A. Gorilla
Omono
That’s not the only one! There are several pots that get “shared” like that.
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
Shared is one thing among friends...but renting sounds more business inclined. Is there a company that ones use per say? Do ones have insurance on them? I mean...accidents do take place.
Clicio
Masterpiece
I have seen a replica of this pot, a little smaller, being sold at the Omiya Bonsai Museum store. I didn't have the cash so I didn't buy it!
Of course it’s insured! Whoever owns it bought it as an investment. They expect to get a return on their investment. It’s probably rented for other shows as well. But, they wouldn’t want to let it be used too often, then it would lose that quality of “rarity”.
Bonsai in Japan is a business. S-Qube is a major player in the high end bonsai stuff. All the Masters know who has this and that tree and/or pot.
Just like major car collectors know the market here.
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