One of my new Japanese white pine projects was "collected" from a bonsai nursery field in Japan. There, the trees are specifically cultivated for use in bonsai culture. People like Brent are rare; however, it would be great to see additional individuals within the US migrating towards this horticultural model.
One of the greatest challenges for the "grower" of potensai is the intensive maintenance that must be executed on the fielded trees. Growing specimens for use in bonsai culture is clearly an art.
Cordially,
Michael Persiano
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From: Jim Lewis
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Subject: [IBC] Yamadori and the Law...
Michael Persiano wrote:
Well, this topic certainly touches upon several key
points. I suppose such collection would also include
raking the West of California Junipers, which have been
masterfully carved by nature's hands for decades.
Clearly, the laws must be respected for the collection of
specimens. Beyond the laws and with respect to ethical
behavior, when has a particular species been over
collected?
I'm told that at least three species of wild orchid in Sourh Florida are now extinct because of collecting. Ditto a few species of bromiliad. I know that several species of the colorful tree snails that used to live in the Florida keys are now almost gone, again because of collectors. Several species of parrot-type birds are becoming very scarce because of over collecting, and tropical butterflies of many species have become quite rare for the same reason.
And then, there's the entire ocean fisheries, the passsenger pigeon, the dodo. . . .
Several southwestern species of cacti are in danger because of collectors -- strangely enough from people who are environmentally conscious enough to not want to waste water on a green lawn in the desert, but who cause the decimation of the desert environment by collectors who then sell the cactus to landscape companies.
Has the Itoigawa Juniper become a thing of the past as a
result of over collecting?
I read that professional collectors just about did away with shimpaku in the Japanese mountains and were THE reason that the Japanese government began to put severe conditions on collecting.
Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Nature encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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