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Afterwards, he started to cut off the branches on the
right trunk. Immediately, it showed a clearer picture
on the flow and made the tree looked older. He then
asked his assistants to debark the trunk, thus adding
a dead feature to the design.
Meanwhile, Master Lo tried to take off the old wires
that still remained on the branches and twigs of the
tree. It was a bit late to take of the wires, as some of
them had already cut into some branches. He sug-
gested that, if later on people wanted to rewire those
same branches and twigs, they would have to wind
the wire in the opposite direction so that the cuts will
not become deeper.
The spectators asked on how to properly take care
of a Pemphis bonsai. To understand the knowhow
of how to properly maintain Pemphis, we must first
understand its habitat. Pemphis is a tropical tree that
grows on sandy beaches and coastal rocky areas. Daily,
they are showered by salt water and caressed by the
sea breeze. Living in volcanic islands, Pemphis needs
coarse, sand-based, soil-less and organic-less bonsai
mix. Coarse stone and lava cinder are also an alterna-
tive. Salt water makes them strong, manifesting this by
vigorous growth and thick leaves. From time to time,

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