Trunk Chopping Potensai... Written by Brian Inglis, Queensland, Australia ...
Q & A: Field Growing Bonsai or Potensai (potential bonsai) Q. Why would you grow bonsai in the ground when it should be in a pot? A. There are several reasons for doing this: ...
POTENSAI 'Potential bonsai'. RAMIFICATION The repeated division of branches into secondary branches. SEASONAL BONSAI Species that only look their best for a short period of the year, for instance trees grown for their flowers or fruit.
During this time, the nursery cares for, and shapes the trees that in turn become "potensai". The latter is used to depict trained or untrained nursery stock, which may eventually become "Bonsai".
Enter the Internet and you have bonsai displayed worldwide, seedlings, flawed, mallsai, potensai, artful and the dead all available at the mere click of a few buttons.
See also: Bonsai, Tree, Trunk, Plant, Pruning
 
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