On television on Tuesday morning, Flowers and Mark Winkelman , who was named chairman of Refco, insisted they planned to resuscitate the firm and possibly make a bid to buy Refco's securities-brokerage division.

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"I would never want to do something with flowers unless it was with Mark, first of all because I think his hand is unique, " says Simons.

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Guests were handed a sprinkle of water with flowers upon their entrance to mark a warm welcome from Sumatra and pins of Indonesian flags were also handed out.

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