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Pemphis Acidula – a Tropical Classic by CHENG CHENG-KUNG WINTER 2007 Pemphis acidula A Tropical Classic Bonsai Societies of Florida, Inc. VOL XXXVIII NUMBER 4 ISSUE 152 WINTER Contents EDITOR Please submit your notices and A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT MIKE SULLIVAN articles in advance of your events. 2 LOUISE LEISTER 11721 Spinnaker Way Follow the advertising schedule Cooper City, Florida 33026-1233 below to plan your promotional A MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR MIKE SULLIVAN [email protected] materials and send them to the 5 Florida Bonsai Editor. EMPHIS ACIDULA ROPICAL LASSIC PRESIDENT P –A T C CHENG CHENG- KUNG LOUISE LEISTER “Bonsai Societies of Florida,” 6 4 Claridge Court South “BSF,” and its logo are trademarks TROPICAL BONSAI –NASHIA INAGUENSIS Palm Coast, Florida 32137-8350 of Bonsai Societies of Florida, 12 MARY C. MILLER [email protected] ©2007 BSF All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may BEYOND BELGIUM & BONSAI Florida Bonsai is the official pub- MAUREEN WALLNER & be reprinted, copied, or otherwise lication of the Bonsai Societies 18 DOROTHY SCHMITZ reproduced without the written of Florida. It is published quar- permission from the Editor. terly, in February, May, August and GROWING SATSUKI AZALEAS IN A TROPICAL CLIMATE November, and is provided to Contributed articles express the 26 STEVE PILACEK every current member. If you are opinion of the author and do not a Florida resident and would not necessarily reflect the views BONSAI…A COLLECTOR’S PARADISE…OR like to subscribe to Florida Bonsai of the BSF Board or the Editor. 30 BEN LISS please see the subscription form HOHIN ATTER OF IZE on the inside back cover. S –A M S AdvertisinG 31 MIKE SULLIVAN Submission of articles should RIVATE ESSION be made directly to the editor. P S – BSF 2007 For advertising schedules and rates CONVENTION HIGHLIGHT The upmost care will be given to please contact Henry Robbins at 32 ROB KEMPENSKI respect our author’s intended bsf.treasurer gmail.com meanings. Author supplied pho- @ BSF CONVENTION 2008–AN OVERVIEW tos will be used as space permits. deadlines for advertising 34 CONVENTION TEAM Spring Issue – 12/10/07; ON THE Spectacular yamadori Pemphis acidula bonsai created by Summer Issue – 3/10/07; Be sure to visit our website at: COVER: Cheng Cheng-Kung, headliner of the BSF 2008 Convention Autumn Issue – 6/10/07; www.bonsai-bsf.com in Cape Canaveral. Winter Issue – 9/10/07 FLORIDA BONSAI NOVEMBER 2007 PAGE 1 A Message from the Presidenu all is here and we are in full swing for our next Along with Cheng we have many We have added another feature to convention “Si-Diao BSF 2008”. I hope every- other talented artists to round this year’s program, which is the one has received their Newsletters and the convention out this convention, all of whom addition of several all-day work- registration form that was sent to the membership via e-mail I am sure you will enjoy. We have shops with the artists. This was from BSF. The Convention Newsletter will be a monthly addition to included Florida’s own Ed Trout done to insure that everyone has Fyour e-mail correspondence from BSF and you will receive them until in a spectacular Bougainvillea ample time to complete their June 2008. This Newsletter will keep you up-to-date on all the conven- workshop and a Bring Your Own project with the artist, and the tion details and important information needed to make the 2008 Tree workshop. Mike Rogers will full design is worked into the tree Convention a most memorable experience. Please make sure any present a Shimpaku Juniper work- before the sessions are over. With changes to your e-mail address are reported to Narelle Robbins, shop, Toby Diaz will do two work- the use of such challenging mate- Corresponding Secretary, [email protected] and Carol shops: one with Shohin Neea rial, you will need more time to Partelow, Membership Chair, [email protected]. If you don’t buxifolia, and a second with large complete the work, so please update your file with us you will not receive the information from BSF. old Ficus nerifolia. notice that many of the work- This is very important information and we trying very hard to keep all shops are full-day programs giving Other artists who will be traveling BSF members current with the events of BSF. We have made many you an enjoyable learning session to us are Sean Smith from changes to BSF to bring us forward into the future and up to par with and ample time to complete your Pennsylvania doing both a Daiza the modern age of e-mail and internet information. We can’t reach you bonsai. They are listed on the Carving workshop and Tool if we don’t have your correct e-mail address, so please keep us informed schedule of the registration form Sharpening workshop. These will so you don’t miss any important communications. as Part 1 & Part 2. Please take be hands-on programs, and details notice of these. More details will With that said, I information pertain- will follow in subsequent news - be included in the newsletters hope everyone ing to his work and letters. Gustavo Bures from that follow. enjoyed the first techniques which will Puerto Rico will be conducting a newsletter introduc- help you understand workshop with Bucida spinosa, a As you now know, much work has ing Mr. Cheng his art of carving. tree native to his homeland. The been going on behind the scenes Cheng-Kung as our Much can be learned material is again world-class and to put this event together. We headliner. I also sug- from his website prior we searched long and hard to want to make the convention a gested visiting his to the convention to make sure it was worthy of these great learning experience. Please website to learn more about Si- become well acquainted with him. artists. We continue to strive for read your newsletters and if you Diao carving. I hope everyone has I think you will all be very happy the finest quality material to have any questions, please feel had the opportunity to do so by watching and learning from this make our members proud when free to e-mail the convention team now. There are many pictures and very humble, talented artist. leaving their workshops. PAGE 2 FLORIDA BONSAI NOVEMBER 2007 PAGE 3 Pemphis acidula – A Tropical Classic BY CHENG CHENG-KUNG ossessing intricate branch patterns and rich shari, Pemphis acidula is an excellent subject for bonsai creation. To my knowledge, it is a volunteer native species that grows among rocky crevices along the PPcoast. Its natural habitat is distributed from the region of southern Malaysia to Okinawa. Influenced by the climate, the species that grows in Taiwan has hard trunks with small leaves. How - ever, the natural occurring specimens that grow in the Philippines have stronger character and bigger leaves. The former case is suit- able for compact-to-medium bonsai cultivation but the later one is more suitable for large scale bonsai. As both the Philippines and Taiwan are often attacked by typhoons during summer, the trunks of Pemphis acidula always have a tortuously-wavy character. Recently, cases of fail- 1. Okinawa is also ure when cultivating one of the native Pemphis have been fre- regions of Pemphis quent and common acidula. It is located Pemphis acidula bonsai created by the author. in Taiwan. The main at a higher latitude, problem resides on where the climate What is the proper cultivation? where both sea tide and sea serious leaf fall and is a lot colder than It is a well accepted notion that breeze reach. Seawater serves as branch loss during Taiwan. it’s a good practice to emulate a water source on one hand and winter months. As a the original environment condi- eliminates the frost harm in win- 2. If low tempera- result, many horticulturists thus tions of each species, as close as ter on the other. Figure 2 shows ture were a determining factor, conclude that Pemphis acidula possible, in order to cultivate that their twisted roots simply Pemphis acidula would not grow cannot endure cold weather. In healthy trees. Only with strong, cover coarse rocks or coral reefs! naturally enduring the sea breeze fact, Pemphis acidula can with- healthy material the aim of artis- According to these observations, of Okinawa’s rock-faced coast. stand a cold winter, but is indeed tic creation can be achieved. If we know Pemphis acidula prefer sensitive to sudden temperature So, Pemphis acidula is able to one has a chance to observe nat- to grow on places with good air changes. The following facts will withstand cold winter (at least ural occurring Pemphis Acidula (as ventilation and need lots of salt evidence their cold hardiness: in the subtropics) if proper cul - can be seen in figure i) you will water and fertilizer. In addition, tivation is provided. notice that they grow on spots it’s roots like to breathe freely. PAGE 6 FLORIDA BONSAI NOVEMBER 2007 PAGE 7 Tropical Bonsai – Nashia inaguensis BY MARY C. MILLER r. Popenoe, a former director of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, was the first to recognize Nashia inaguensis as a potential bonsai subject. He pointed it out to me during a Fairchild distribution day back in Scale on the underside of Dthe 80s. He was right…woody trunk, small leaves, tiny flowers and branch is infected with fruit, fast growing, and fragrant too! Asterolecanium (pit scale). In its natural habitat the shrub is SWEET NASHIA rangy. The secondary branches Most people know Nashia quickly in a small container.
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