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Keshitsubo are the smallest kind of bonsai tree, sometimes called "poppyseed size" in English. They're carefully maintained at heights of 3-8 cm.

A mature keshitsubo bonsai. It looks like an apple tree, blooming with white blossoms. The pot this tree is sitting in is about the size of a lip balm jar. It's being held in someone's fingertips.
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toxicodendron radicans

I forgot to mention that in Japanese, they're nicknamed "mame bonsai". Mame means bean. Because they're cute and tiny little beans.

Daniel Bohrer

@InvaderXan it must be very hard to keep them at this size!

toxicodendron radicans

@daniel_bohrer Yes, I imagine so. I've never kept bonsais, so I'm curious actually!

Daniel Bohrer

@InvaderXan I think it all comes down to the pruning and root boundedness in the pot. And maybe also starting with a branch that already has a good diameter to make a trunk, e.g. through a branch cutting, or air layering

Daniel Bohrer

@InvaderXan … at least that's what I did for this field maple, but it's only five months old now. I hope it will turn out well ^^

A small field maple twig planted in a clay pot at a slight angle, clearly cut off at the top, and about 10 cm in total height. There are two (proportionally) larger leaves on it and a few tiny ones, both coming from the same node.
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