A particularly dramatic and complex Pemphis acidula. Not that Pemphis don't tend to be dramatic anyway, but this one is almost unrivaled. It was collected and styled by Gedemerta. Height 82cm (32").
Continuing from yesterday with more bonsai by Gedemerta, we’ll borrow a few photos from our archives (June, 2015).
All but one of the trees here are Pemphis acidula which has to be one of the most naturally dramatic trees in the world. It’s a safe bet that they were all collected from the wild. In fact, it might not be too far fetched to assume that Pemphis bonsai only originate in the wild, though I don’t know this for a fact.
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Here's another Pemphis acidula that was styled by Gedemerta. It belongs to H.N. Holiq Effendi. Gedemerta titled it Snake Dance (I know of at least one other Gedemerta bonsai called Snake Dance). It's height is 57cm (22.5"). I don't know how hard Pemphis wood is and how difficult it is to keep the deadwood from rotting, but it looks like it has been treated with lime sulfur.
This one is a Premna mycrophylla. It's 33cm (13") high and judging by what I've seen over the last few years, Premna mycrophylla is one of the two most prevalent Indonesian bonsai varieties (the other being Pemphis acidula).
We've got Snake Dance above and now we've got simply Dance. It's another Pemphis acidula. 37cm (14.5"). The leaves look a little larger than the other Pemphis shown here. Almost like a Buttonwood (Conocarpus). I just tried to find this tree at BonsaiBali to double check, but it didn't turn up.
Pemphis acidula on a rock with a camouflaged small hut.
