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EDITOR
Joe Grande: editor@bonsai-bci.com Box 85, Group 20, RR2
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Michael Collins-McIntyre, Canada omas S. Elias, USA
Min Hsuan Lo, Taiwan Danilo Scursatone, Italy Budi Sulistyo, Indonesia
promoting international friendship through bonsai
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VOLUME 56 NUMBER 1 JANUARY/FEBRUARY/MARCH
TOURS, EXHIBITS AND CONVENTIONS
4 Unity In Diversity: Beyond the Spirit of Bonsai
International Bonsai Convention and Exhibition, Mysore, India
By Nikunj Parekh, Jyoti Parekh, and Sujata Bhat, India, and Glenis Bebb, Australia
52 On Fire: 2016 National Bonsai and Suiseki Exhibition at Living World, Tangerang, Indonesia
By Budi Sulistyo, Indonesia
ARTICLES
12 Harder Than Stones: Cultivating Tugas Bonsai By Aries Felipe, Orly Turigan Jr., Philippines, and José Luis Rodrígues Macias, Puerto Rico
20 “The biggest baobab bonsai forest in the world,” Landscape Planting by Kat Rivier Kai Bonsai Club By Tobie Kleynhans, South Africa
31 Petrified Wood, The Overlooked Viewing Stone By Paul A. Gilbert, USA
38 Seven Logwood Years, Creating a Logwood Bonsai from Raw Material By Budi Sulistyo, Indonesia
47 Revision: Reinterpreting Dance of the Cobra By Mauro Stemberger, Italy
BOOK REVIEW
42 Tribute to a Traditional Japanese Art Form; Japanese Scrolls:
Their History, Art & Craft, By William de Lange with Teruo Takayanagi. By Thomas S Elias, USA
NEWS
58 NEWS: Grand Opening:“Italia Bonsai Museum” | Find It. Dig It.
A Race for the Best Bonsai. | Donation of Scholar’s Rocks and Suiseki
to the Museum of Asian Art in Berlin, Germany | BCI Excellence Awards | Macro Photography and Pests
ON OUR COVER: BCI Director Min Hsuan Lo helped us choose the cover tree for this issue. This Pinus morrisonicola, owned by He Zhi Xiong, is 78 cm tall and a great example of the exceptional bonsai trees created in Taiwan by bonsai experts. This autmn the Taiwan Bonsai Association invites you to the Bonsai Clubs International Convention 2017 and the 14th Asia-Paci c Bonsai and Viewing Stone Convention & Exhibition, 4 – 7 November 2017 in Changhua & Taichung, Taiwan. More information on the inside back cover.
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