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In an on-going e ort to recognize excellence in bonsai and stone art around the world, BCI Directors can award a beautiful medal and certi cate to deserving trees and stones at major exhibits. The medal, designed by ex-BCI Director, Guillermo Ramirez Castaño,
of Mexico, is awarded at the discretion of the BCI Directors in attendance.
BCI Excellence Awards
2016 Philippines-BCI Convention and Exhibition
At the BCI Convention held in the Philippines, two BCI Medals of Excellence were awarded for both bonsai and stones.
e Exhibition was held in the Ayala Triangle Gardens a privately owned park in Makati, Manila. e standard of bonsai was excellent. Most were locally collected species. eir local viewing stones are mostly object type and of very good quality.
Stone Awards
e stone awards went to Ms. Susan Lee for her stone named “Circline” and Mr Roland “Dolphy” Soriaga’s gure stone. Both stones are local Philippine stones.
Viewing Stone judges for BCI were Gudrun Benz and Lindsay Bebb. Photos by Gudrun Benz and Lindsay Bebb.
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Bonsai Awards
Top le ; Ms. Marieta Querol, Bantigue Bonsai award for her Bantigue, Pemphis acidula, 83 cm.
Bottom le ; Ms. Ludivina Loyola, Non-Bantigue award for her bluebell, Desmodium acanthocladum, 80 cm, a local species.
e bonsai were judged for BCI by Budi Sulistyo and Min Hsuan Lo. Photos by Budi Sulistyo.