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EDITOR
Joe Grande: editor@bonsai-bci.com Box 85, Group 20, RR2
Ste. Anne, MB Canada R5H 1R2
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Michael Collins-McIntyre, Canada omas S. Elias, USA
Kath Hughes, UK
Min Hsuan Lo, Taiwan Danilo Scursatone, Italy Budi Sulistyo, Indonesia Alan Walker, USA
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PUBLISHING SCHEDULE
promoting international friendship through bonsai
Bonsai
b o n s a i - b c i . c o m
VOLUME 55 NUMBER 1 JANUARY/FEBRUARY/MARCH
inside Q1
TOURS, EXHIBITS AND CONVENTIONS
14 Alxa Jade & Ornamental Stone Tourism Festival, Mongolia By Gudrun Benz, Germany
20 Stone Exhibit and Lectures: The Infinity of Bonsai & Viewing Stones; A Cultural Voyage from Canton to the World
By Gudrun Benz, Germany
27 Bonsai in the Middle of Germany: Annual general meeting and exhibition of Bonsai Club Germany and German Suiseki Society at Küenzell
By Gudrun Benz, Germany
39 Celebrating Bonsai and Japanese Culture in Lithuania; EBA & ESA Convention and IV Japanese Culture Festival in Vilnius, Lithuania
By Gudrun Benz, Germany
44 Under African Skies; WFFB at Stellenbosch, South Africa
By Dr. Sujata Bhat, Ms. Jyoti Parekh and Mr. Nikunj Parekh, India
50 2016 Philippines-BCI Convention and Exhibition
58 The Kuala Lumpur Orchid and Bonsai Show; A Tropical Rainforest Experience in the
Middle of a Bustling Metropolis
By IS Ng, Malaysia
ARTICLES
4 Past, Present and Future; The Taiwan Bonsai Creators Association (TBCA) By Min Hsuan Lo, Taiwan, and José L. Rodríguez Macias, Puerto Rico
34 Curse it or Love it; The Brazilian Pepper Tree in Bonsai By Steve Valentine and Lew Buller, USA.
66 Sojourns in India; Celebration, friends, life, bonsai! By Solita Rosade, USA
ON OUR COVER: This magni cent Bantigue or Pemphis acidula from the collection of Dr Alfred Manarang, Philippines, won the following awards: Best in Show, Bantigue Category at the 2015 PBSI (Philippine Bonsai Society Inc.) National Exhibition and Competition; BCI Award of Excellence at the 2014 PBSI-BCI National Bonsai Exhibition and Competition; and Best in Show at the 2013 ABFF Exhibition and Competition
Photo by At Maculangan Photography, courtesy Philippine Bonsai Society.
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