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The site of the Bandung was held at the Bale Pare,
Kota Baru Parahyangan, an attractive park–like set-
ting. The first three days consisted of an opening
ceremony followed by series of demonstrations and
lectures by Indonesian and invited guests from other
countries. The first day, Mr. Kunio Kobayashi, Japan
and Mr. Huang Jiu Wei, China, gave splendid bonsai
styling demonstrations; while Mak Paiman, Indone-
sia, presented a lecture on stone appreciation. The
following day, Min Hsuan Lo, Taiwan, Mr. Ng Shing
Fat, China, Mr. Jose Luis Rodriguez, Puerto Rico, and
Mr. Shinichi Nakajima performed additional bonsai
styling demonstrations; while I gave an illustrated lec-
ture on Asian stone appreciation. The third day fea-
tured various local Indonesian bonsai artists. There
were 600 trees displayed out of doors and 198 viewing
stones in an indoor exhibition at this site. A large ven-
dor’s area was adjacent to the display of trees. It was
difficult to walk past hundreds of excellent tropical
and subtropical bonsai for sale at reasonable prices
because I knew that I would not be allowed to bring
them back to my home state of California in the U.S.
The range of large, beautiful styled trees was com-
posed of several species of Serissa foetida, Carmona
mycrophylla, Casuarina equisetifolia, Celtis chinensis,
several Ficus species, Flacourtia indica, Tamarindus
indica, Pemphis acidula, Diospyros montana, Premna
microphylla, Hibicus tilaceaus, Juniperus chinensis, Tri-
phasia trifolia, Malphigia glabra, Podocarpus species,
Acacia species, Streblus asper, Wrightia religiosa, and
several other species. The vast majority of the stones
on display were natural native Indonesian ones with
just a few from China. Indonesia has many beautiful

Indonesia’s geology makes it a prime location for finding high
quality stones. All the viewing stones on this page are prize win-
ning stones, all native to Indonesia. Some of the finest dark black,
well-worn, water pool stones, probably from basaltic rocks, come
from this country.

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