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A erwards, he started to cut o the branches on the right trunk. Immediately, it showed a clearer picture on the ow and made the tree looked older. He then asked his assistants to debark the trunk, thus adding a dead feature to the design.
Meanwhile, Master Lo tried to take o the old wires that still remained on the branches and twigs of the tree. It was a bit late to take of the wires, as some of them had already cut into some branches. He sug- gested that, if later on people wanted to rewire those same branches and twigs, they would have to wind the wire in the opposite direction so that the cuts will not become deeper.
e spectators asked on how to properly take care of a Pemphis bonsai. To understand the knowhow of how to properly maintain Pemphis, we must rst understand its habitat. Pemphis is a tropical tree that grows on sandy beaches and coastal rocky areas. Daily, they are showered by salt water and caressed by the sea breeze. Living in volcanic islands, Pemphis needs coarse, sand-based, soil-less and organic-less bonsai mix. Coarse stone and lava cinder are also an alterna- tive. Salt water makes them strong, manifesting this by vigorous growth and thick leaves. From time to time,
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