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bonsai in that exhibition. For instance, a very good bonsai owned by a collector but never exhibited has to enter the Junior competition rst, even though the quality is superior.
Many types of trees were exhibited; Ficus, Juniperus, Premna, Casuarina, Pemphis, Streblus, Celtis and many more. As the exhibition was divided into three categories, as the representative of BCI, I gave three BCI Excellence Awards. e Award in the Superior category was a Casuarina equisetifolia, a Pemphis in the Main category and a cus in the Junior category.
Suiseki were displayed indoors in a very good spot in the mall. e stones exhibited mostly originated from West Java. As well, there were some stones from China and West Java exhibited in the show. Stones from West Sumatra are mostly black in color with hard basaltic material. Landscape stones still dominate the exhibition. A stone of a mountain with a very big crater that becomes a lake, was selected as the best stone and got a BCI Award.
Overall the exhibition was considered successful with a lot of visitors including some foreigners, many good quality bonsai and suiseki, and also, a nice bazaar.
Top; Distant peak Middle; Mountain and lake Bottom; Mountain and snow
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