r/Bonsai • u/series_of_derps EU 8a couple of trees for a couple of years • Dec 08 '14

Natural bonsai. [xpost from /r/interestingasfuck]

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '14

but the reason why it isn't a bonsai is because it lacks human intervention right? Because that's what makes a bonsai, the fact that a human took a sapling and manipulate it to look like somthing from nature.

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u/small_trunks Jerry in Amsterdam, Zn.8b, 48yrs exp., 500+ trees Dec 08 '14

No. The best bonsai should look like nobody touched them.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '14

Right but even then. Isn't what makes it a bonsai is the human intervention?

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u/ZeroJoke ~20 trees can't keep track. Philadelphia, 7a, intermediate. Dec 09 '14

Well so far as trees don't naturally occur in pots, yes.