Jades make excellent bonsai subjects,and yours looks very interesting.Thanks for sharing!

Very nice caudex...you have the eye. Love the pot!! Thanks for the pic.

I know just what you mean: buying a Jade almost seems criminal given how easily they propagate. However, they are usually so full of potential, that it's hard to pass them up. You really do have a nice eye for composition. Please, please post pictures after you've pruned. I find myself really struggling with deciding where and what to prune to create the look I'm after. Your examples really help.

Also, where do you get your pots? Is it just some local bonsai nursery? That is where I get most of mine from, but he almost exclusively carries dark brown in very traditional shapes. I'd like some more color and texture...

Well,hobbit is no ordinary Jade. I saw a 30-36" last year for something like $200. Regular jade i can't give away!

Will post photos as I prune or wire.

I get most of my bonsai pots locally, there's a great place in Berkeley and Sebastopol. Whenever I'm near any nursery I stop in to see what they may have, mostly have the same ol' thing but once in a while you get lucky. Some I've made and I've even gotten a couple online a while back, but shipping is a killer

http://hollowcreekbonsai.com/productCat58433.ctlg

Here is a link that might be useful: Dallas Bonsai

It looks way better after your care. I'm sure it will look even better once you work on it some more.

I finally found a crassula gollum last week and plan on trying my first bonzai. I think the oddity of the 'Hobbit" make it a much better bonzai than a normal jade.

Here is a link that might be useful: Lithops and Whatnots

wait...call me a cactus noob...but are there actually cacti named after fictional characters?!

i want one just for the novelty of it

Not a cactus, a succulent...
And, yes, there's a "Hobbit" and a "Gollum" jade out there. Two of my favorite sports, in fact. They seem to grow a bit slower than regular jades, but the growth also seems to be more naturally compact. Again, great candidates for bonsai.

You should get one! And look for "Skinny Fingers" (which is a narrow-leaved, less cup-tipped form of "Gollum"), as well as a "Hummel's Sunset." Fantastic plants.

Josh

hey thanks alot man, i dont know much about plants but i assume if theyre bonsai theyre gonna be small right?

thanks for the info, ill check it out and maybe get another cubicle plant