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The site of the Bandung was held at the Bale Pare, Kota Baru Parahyangan, an attractive park–like set- ting. The first three days consisted of an opening ceremony followed by series of demonstrations and lectures by Indonesian and invited guests from other countries. The first day, Mr. Kunio Kobayashi, Japan and Mr. Huang Jiu Wei, China, gave splendid bonsai styling demonstrations; while Mak Paiman, Indone- sia, presented a lecture on stone appreciation. The following day, Min Hsuan Lo, Taiwan, Mr. Ng Shing Fat, China, Mr. Jose Luis Rodriguez, Puerto Rico, and Mr. Shinichi Nakajima performed additional bonsai styling demonstrations; while I gave an illustrated lec- ture on Asian stone appreciation. The third day fea- tured various local Indonesian bonsai artists. There were 600 trees displayed out of doors and 198 viewing stones in an indoor exhibition at this site. A large ven- dor’s area was adjacent to the display of trees. It was difficult to walk past hundreds of excellent tropical and subtropical bonsai for sale at reasonable prices because I knew that I would not be allowed to bring them back to my home state of California in the U.S.
The range of large, beautiful styled trees was com- posed of several species of Serissa foetida, Carmona mycrophylla, Casuarina equisetifolia, Celtis chinensis, several Ficus species, Flacourtia indica, Tamarindus indica, Pemphis acidula, Diospyros montana, Premna microphylla, Hibicus tilaceaus, Juniperus chinensis, Tri- phasia trifolia, Malphigia glabra, Podocarpus species, Acacia species, Streblus asper, Wrightia religiosa, and several other species. The vast majority of the stones on display were natural native Indonesian ones with just a few from China. Indonesia has many beautiful
Indonesia’s geology makes it a prime location for finding high quality stones. All the viewing stones on this page are prize win- ning stones, all native to Indonesia. Some of the finest dark black, well-worn, water pool stones, probably from basaltic rocks, come from this country.
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