ID Help Needed....

[Brewster]

Hi ..
i'm hoping for someone with a keen eye.
I was given a seedling late 2016.. that was almost dead... in fact i was just a stick in dirt.
re-potted did not hold out much hope.. but it came back from the brink and went nuts...
this is it once it came back to life

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any way i've been feeding it up for 12 months (see photos) it got to almost 2m tall before cut back in winter

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i was told it was grown from seed from a liquid amber (dropped from there tree in front garden) i've seen tree ... 100% a LA
only thing i can think of is some other seed got into the seedling pot....(if its not a LA)



its now taking off again..
can someone look at the leafs & bark and tell me if its a LA or a LA mutant or something else altogether ..

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any clues welcome
thanks people..

Cheers
BB

[Peter KB]

Hi Brewster,
Liquidamber Orientalis has a similar leaf to your pics ???
Cheers Peter

[Brewster]

Hi Brewster,
Liquidamber Orientalis has a similar leaf to your pics ???
Cheers Peter

Hi Peter,

so would that mean the tree it came off would be a Liquidamber Orientalis..???
could juvenile leaves change to a more traditional shape as it becomes a mature tree..?

because that tree has these shaped leaves... see link here http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MvyX8v6LooU/V ... Bpress.jpg

[squizzy]

Hi Brewster. It looks like a bracychiton of some kind. Look up kurrajong or something along those lines.

Squizzy

[squizzy]

Try brachychiton discolour

Squizzy

[Akhi]

That could also be a paw paw tree ( not the tropical one)


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[Brewster]

Hi Brewster. It looks like a bracychiton of some kind. Look up kurrajong or something along those lines.

Squizzy

Hi Squizzy,
wow some of them do look a bit like some of the Kurrajong's hey.??

i just found this and the leaves look a lot mine...

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crediting web site
http://www.cbs.org.au/Native_Shows/bons ... 02016.html

[KineticBonsai]

Brachychiton acerfolius. I nearly bought one yesterday and worked on a property that had several of these beautiful trees. Spectacular when in flower.

[Milo]

Hi Brewster

Brachychiton discolor - Lacebark tree - Brush Kurrajong.

The juvenile foliage persists for a decade or so . Keep in a deep training pot , wire lightly outwards and reverse wire at around 2 weeks as wire will cut in quickly . also defoliate say 3 times a year during the summer growing period to keep leave to a smaller size.
Tip pinch regularly to force multiple branching .

I have one on adjistment that I'm about to cut back and one I cut back about 5 weeks ago and is just stating to shoot.

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Best of Luck
Milo

[Brewster]

Hi Brewster

Brachychiton discolor - Lacebark tree - Brush Kurrajong.

The juvenile foliage persists for a decade or so . Keep in a deep training pot , wire lightly outwards and reverse wire at around 2 weeks as wire will cut in quickly . also defoliate say 3 times a year during the summer growing period to keep leave to a smaller size.
Tip pinch regularly to force multiple branching .

I have one on adjistment that I'm about to cut back and one I cut back about 5 weeks ago and is just stating to shoot.

20171108_184833.jpg

20171108_184841.jpg

20171108_184946.jpg

20171108_185210.jpg

Best of Luck
Milo

Thanks for the info and pictures

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[Brewster]

Hi Brewster

Brachychiton discolor - Lacebark tree - Brush Kurrajong.

The juvenile foliage persists for a decade or so . Keep in a deep training pot , wire lightly outwards and reverse wire at around 2 weeks as wire will cut in quickly . also defoliate say 3 times a year during the summer growing period to keep leave to a smaller size.
Tip pinch regularly to force multiple branching .

I have one on adjistment that I'm about to cut back and one I cut back about 5 weeks ago and is just stating to shoot.

20171108_184833.jpg

20171108_184841.jpg

20171108_184946.jpg

20171108_185210.jpg

Best of Luck
Milo

Thanks for the info and pictures

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Any chance of seeing before and after tipping?

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