BONSAI raisers and enthusiasts in Pangasinan are in a mad hunt for a tree locally called the bantigue. So mad that they are willing to risk their lives just to get hold of the prized species.
And for good reason: Not only does the bantigue make a good bonsai but it also commands a very good price.
Michael Morden, president of the Pangasinan Bonsai Society, said five bonsai raisers in the province and another in neighboring La Union had been sending out teams five months a year to look for the trees in their natural habitat.
Read full story in the Philippine Daily Inquirer
