AABC Convention Perth 2011

The 24th AABC Convention was held in Perth over the weekend of 20th - 23th May 2011 at the Esplanade Hotel in Fremantle. It was a highly successful convention. Participants enjoyed and learned alot. We have nothing but positive feedbacks. Here are some of the bonsai on display.

Enjoy and Cheers,

CJ

Camelia Sasanqua



Acer palmatum


Leptospermum polygalifolium



Juniperus chinensis



Swamp paperbark/Melaleuca rhaphiophylla



Ficus Group



Stone pine


More to come....

Bottlebrush


Coastal tea tree


Wild Olive


Agonis


Japanese box group


Baeckea


Casuarina raft


JBP


Bougainvillea


Juniperus Chinensis

Irish Strawberry/Arbutus unedo


Bottlebrush


Saltwater paperbark/M Cuticularis


Melaleuca Bracteata Golden Gem


Saltwater paperbark

There are some more trees which I missed out. Will try to get those pix including the demo by Min Hsuan Lo and Megumi Bennett. There was also a bonseki presentation/demonstration by Yasuko Aoki.

CJ

Hi CJ

Very nice trees. Nice presentation. Many species of trees do not know. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Pavel

Congratulations,awesome trees and nicely presented!

Ka pabling

Great trees , I love the way the Leptospumom's are shown together the movement is lovely and I would think they flower?

Regards Chris

Pavel, thanks. One of our objective was to have as wide a variety of specie and style as possible. We may have achieved the variety of specie but style, I am not sure.
Ka Pabling, thanks. The hall was big enough for us to put chairs in between so that viewers can sit to admire and discuss. There was even an artist who draws on the bonsai.
Chris, thanks. Yes the L Polygalifolium has masses of white flowers in Spring. This variety is called Pacific beauty.

CJ

Hmm to think I missed the show by a few weeks
Is there an exposure issue with these shots or is it just me?

The exhibition of the native species to Australia shows off the beauty and potential of those trees.

The Leptospumoms on the gold boxes has quite an artistic flair. Not sure I'd keep the accent with it though as the trees and gold boxes seem strong enough.

Brett Summers wrote:Hmm to think I missed the show by a few weeks
Is there an exposure issue with these shots or is it just me?

Perhaps the white balance is off on some of the shots. It's tricky indoors to get without a custom WB.

Hello CJ. Looks like a great exhibition and its good to see native species at the forefront.

Hi CJ,

Great show of nice trees, I particularly like the Arbutus.

Regards
John

John Brocklehurst wrote:Great show of nice trees, I particularly like the Arbutus.

...and the Melaleucas and the bottlebrushes. Several species of bottlebrush are common as landscape plants here, I'm going to have to start paying more attention to them!

That's a nice camellia too, but a japonica not a sasanqua.

Russell

Nicely done, CJ, congratulations. I especially like the saltwater Melaleucas. What great looking material! As far as I know we only have the broad leaf Melaleuca in Florida. Anyone knows?

Best,
dorothy

Thanks for the compliments. I will pass it onto the committee. They have put in lots of hard works and sacrifices.

Brett: The halogen lighting in the hall gave the pix a yellow tint. I tried my best to correct it. Some turn out ok. Others not so ok.

Rob: The accent completed the overall composition. Without the accent there is a void. With the accent there is communication and ending. That is the way I looked at it. Of course art is also about personal preferences.

Russell : Thanks for the correction. The nursery here still refers to this specie as Sasanqua. Will alert them to it.

Cheers,

CJ

For those who are interested to see more photos of the convention here :
http://gallery.me.com/ledanta#100319&view=grid&bgcolor=black&sel=449
http://www.ausbonsai.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=8361

Cheers,

CJ

Wow, nice to see so many Aussie natives. The Melaleucas are great!