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F.virens..??

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Hello Bonsai People...
Been fiddling with Bonsai for a few years - doing my own thing...
Now have time to devote:
Is this F.virens..??
Pics of leaves, bark, fruit...

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Many thanks...
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Hi Jedo, If those figs are growing straight off the trunk, as they look as though they are, then it is not a F.virens. As virens has figs on the smaller twigs and branches, not the trunk.

What area is this tree growing? See link below for Pic's of fruit and leaves.

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=ficu ... iAfEm4HICQ
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Thanks for that Hakimoto...
Maybe F.fraseri then...
http://www.noosanativeplants.com.au/pla ... us-fraseri
But the fruit was green rather than yellow>red>black..??
More like virens to my eye...
Anyone else please..??
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The leaves don't look "dark green" enough to be a virens - and in the first photo the new growth is green which hasn't been typical of my virens :imo:
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Bougy Fan wrote:The leaves don't look "dark green" enough to be a virens - and in the first photo the new growth is green which hasn't been typical of my virens :imo:
Okay then - def not virens.. Thanks B.Fan...
Anyone know what it is please..?
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This is Ficus racemosa being a most beautiful Fig.
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No idea but this might sound like a silly question - but are you sure it's a fig ? The bark just doesn't look right to me - nor does that light green new growth. The new growth reminds me of a liquid ambar but I know that's not what it is. Where are you again ?
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wired wrote:This is Ficus racemosa being a most beautiful Fig.
Ah..!! Yes..!!! - a Goolar...
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/s ... oolar.htmlThank you so much my friend...
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You are most welcome Jedo. I have one in training as a shohin but we will see!!!
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wired wrote:You are most welcome Jedo. I have one in training as a shohin but we will see!!!
A big challenge..!!
The tree I took these pictures from was 10 - 15 metres tall...
The trunk was maybe 50 - 60 cms across...
A large tree to be a shohin...
Good luck for you
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Bougy Fan wrote:No idea but this might sound like a silly question - but are you sure it's a fig ? The bark just doesn't look right to me - nor does that light green new growth. The new growth reminds me of a liquid ambar but I know that's not what it is. Where are you again ?
Hello B.Fan - thanks for your input...
Wired has identified this for me as F.racemosa..
Well - yes... I was sure it was a fig because it had figs growing from it...
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Again I ask, Where was this pic taken? Around Broken Hill or where? :lost:
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Hackimoto wrote:Again I ask, Where was this pic taken? Around Broken Hill or where? :lost:
Good Morning...
Pics and cuttings taken just north of Cairns...
Have seen a huge variety of F. sp in the various patches of rainforest I've visited - meandering slowly up the coast from Townsville and currently in Cooktown...
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