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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 final tree.

of BCI and the couple from India are renowned for
their saikei creation. Their 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
expertise in tropical bonsai. He had a massive Ficus of rock. Ground cover was used as embellishments
microcarpa to work on. After defoliating the tree, he to create a stunning landscape. The final composition
pruned the branches while maintaining the natural was a perfect harmony between the trees and rocks.
character of the original tree. This tree will ultimately Another landscape containing two well developed
be a masterpiece. bougainvillea trees was created by Mr. Chuangang Liu
On the morning of 6th November there were four from China. The placement of the two trees to create
different demonstrations again by international bon- a harmonious composition was noteworthy. Mr. Car-
sai experts. There was an excellent demonstration of los Tramujas from Brazil worked on a Juniper while
a saikei by Mr. Nikunj and Mrs. Jyoti Parekh from In- Michael Siow from Malaysia worked on a huge Ficus
dia. Mr. Nikunj Parekh is the second Vice-President pedunculosa. He and his team from Malaysia changed

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