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Top left and middle; Casuarina
equisetifolia of Mr. Krishna and
Mrs. Archana Gupta that Min
Hsuan Lo and Yu Ching Yuan
styled at Mumbai events.
Top right; Kabini forest area
near Mysore has many trees
to inspire bonsai artists.
Alongside is a Jungle Bison.
Middle left; Ficus retusa before
work started and after styling.
Bottom left; A tray landscape-
Saikei with Juniperus chinensis
trees and vertical upright gray
stones was created by Jyoti Park on the banks of Kabini River area. I had promised deciduous type. The upper tree canopy is dominated
and Nikunj Parekh. my Taiwanese colleagues visual delight—the giant old by Terminalia tomentosa in association with Tectonia
Bottom right; Ancient Ficus trees growing on roadside on our way to Mysore and grandis, Dalberghia latifolia, Pterocarpus marsupium,
with many aerial roots
attracted the attention of how the trees welcome you with open arms. But sadly, Lagerstroemia lanceolata, Anogeissus latifolia, Adina
Taiwanese Bonsai friends. my promise got broken as the huge old trees were cut cordifolia, Bombax malabaricum, Schleichera trijuga,
Bulls take a leisurely walk on a down to widen the expressway. My good friends Ni- Ficus species and others. The lower canopy has Kydia
village road. kunj and Jyoti always have rightfully been asking their calycina, Emblica officianlis, Gmellina arborea etc.
Indian bonsai students never to dig naturally thriv- Shrubs include Solanum, Desmodium and Helicter
ing trees for bonsai making. The situation in Taiwan
was same some thirty years back, when with faster
economic development many road side trees were
removed to widen the expressways. As bonsai per-
sons, we should be protective of old trees, our mother
nature. When mother nature is gone, we the people
become orphans! This thought tired our minds a bit.
Usually, tourists and tour guides concentrate on
the wild animals like elephants, bison, monkey, stag
horn deer, leopard, tiger and many birds. But we were
looking at the most beautiful trees with interesting
bark, root spread and the world’s top class Bunjin style
forests.
The predominant vegetation in this park is of south-
ern tropical, moist, mixed deciduous type with a sub-
stantial eastern portion transforming into the dry

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