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Top left and inset; Mr. Takashi Sakurai, a young artist from Japan worked on a Juniper, tilting it at an angle to create
a semi-cascade. Andrew Lo, Min Hsuan Lo’s son, provided simultaneous translation in Japanese, English and Chinese. He also was Mr. Sakurai’s styling assistant.
Top right; Spanish Bonsai expert Mr. David Benavente worked on a Juniperus chinensis, skillfully pruning, wiring and placing branches of the juniper
Middle left; Mr. Bill Valavanis from U.S.A. worked on great Japanese Black Pine.
Middle right; Mr. Budi Sulistyo, a BCI Director from Indonesia had a massive Ficus microcarpa to work on.
Bottom left; Vic Ceballos, had a very challenging, mature, root-over-rock Premna microphylla to work with that had numerous crisscrossing branches.
Bottom right; Mr. José Luis Rodriguez from Puerto Rico had a beautiful cascading bougainvillea to work on and created an excellent nal tree.
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expertise in tropical bonsai. He had a massive Ficus microcarpa to work on. A er defoliating the tree, he pruned the branches while maintaining the natural character of the original tree. is tree will ultimately be a masterpiece.
On the morning of 6th November there were four di erent demonstrations again by international bon- sai experts. ere was an excellent demonstration of a saikei by Mr. Nikunj and Mrs. Jyoti Parekh from In- dia. Mr. Nikunj Parekh is the second Vice-President
of BCI and the couple from India are renowned for their saikei creation. eir saikei consisted of a well- shaped Streblus asper as the main tree accompanying a large single piece of stone as the main feature of the landscape. Smaller Premna microphylla were used as secondary supporting trees along with smaller pieces of rock. Ground cover was used as embellishments to create a stunning landscape. e nal composition was a perfect harmony between the trees and rocks. Another landscape containing two well developed bougainvillea trees was created by Mr. Chuangang Liu from China. e placement of the two trees to create a harmonious composition was noteworthy. Mr. Car- los Tramujas from Brazil worked on a Juniper while Michael Siow from Malaysia worked on a huge Ficus pedunculosa. He and his team from Malaysia changed