conifer

Forum for requesting identification of unknown species. Please read the Sticky on requirements prior to posting.
Post Reply
User avatar
hugh grant
Aussie Bonsai Fan
Aussie Bonsai Fan
Posts: 1131
Joined: November 21st, 2009, 7:30 pm
Favorite Species: Kunzea
Bonsai Age: 16
Bonsai Club: CCBC, CBS, VNBC, BSST
Location: Mount Victoria, NSW (Blue Mountains)
Has thanked: 1 time
Been thanked: 11 times
Contact:

conifer

Post by hugh grant »

can anyone Id this tree?
IMG_7826 copy.jpg
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Tree Makers Making Australian Bonsai
School - Nursery - Store

Upper Blue Mountains NSW
https://www.treemakers.net/

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/treemakersbonsai
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tree_makers/
E: Hughgrant@treemakers.net
shibui
Aussie Bonsai Fan
Aussie Bonsai Fan
Posts: 7916
Joined: August 22nd, 2009, 8:41 pm
Favorite Species: trident maple
Bonsai Age: 41
Bonsai Club: Albury/Wodonga; BSV; Canberra; VNBC
Location: Yackandandah
Has thanked: 80 times
Been thanked: 1617 times
Contact:

Re: conifer

Post by shibui »

Is this a test Hugh? You haven't given us much to go on :shake:
http://shibuibonsai.com.au/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Black Knight
Aussie Bonsai Fan
Aussie Bonsai Fan
Posts: 109
Joined: February 24th, 2014, 10:12 am
Favorite Species: Conifers
Bonsai Age: 22
Bonsai Club: The School of Bonsai Inc
Location: Sydney
Contact:

Re: conifer

Post by Black Knight »

hugh grant wrote:can anyone Id this tree?
IMG_7826 copy.jpg
Try Charmaecyparis thoides :?:
User avatar
hugh grant
Aussie Bonsai Fan
Aussie Bonsai Fan
Posts: 1131
Joined: November 21st, 2009, 7:30 pm
Favorite Species: Kunzea
Bonsai Age: 16
Bonsai Club: CCBC, CBS, VNBC, BSST
Location: Mount Victoria, NSW (Blue Mountains)
Has thanked: 1 time
Been thanked: 11 times
Contact:

Re: conifer

Post by hugh grant »

shibui wrote:Is this a test Hugh? You haven't given us much to go on :shake:
sorry mate not a test, was just seeing if it were easily identified with a single shot of the foliage.

the tree has a greyish bark (as pictures below) and a red tone when brushed back.
The foliage is rather open and flat/frond like when mature. has a very strong sweet smell when you touch/crush or cut the foliage and branches.
growth is fairly upright.
IMG_2639 copy.jpg
IMG_2638 copy.jpg
IMG_2637 copy.jpg


Black Knight wrote:
hugh grant wrote:can anyone Id this tree?

thanks! hmmm theres quite a possibility it could be it maybe
IMG_7826 copy.jpg
Try Charmaecyparis thoides :?:
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Tree Makers Making Australian Bonsai
School - Nursery - Store

Upper Blue Mountains NSW
https://www.treemakers.net/

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/treemakersbonsai
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tree_makers/
E: Hughgrant@treemakers.net
User avatar
treeman
Aussie Bonsai Fan
Aussie Bonsai Fan
Posts: 2911
Joined: August 15th, 2011, 4:47 pm
Favorite Species: any
Bonsai Age: 25
Location: melbourne
Has thanked: 34 times
Been thanked: 660 times

Re: conifer

Post by treeman »

Definitly a vegetable of some kind.
Mike
Neli
Aussie Bonsai Fan
Aussie Bonsai Fan
Posts: 1404
Joined: April 27th, 2012, 3:17 am
Favorite Species: Tropical
Bonsai Age: 0
Bonsai Club: Bonsai alaminutte
Location: Lusaka
Been thanked: 1 time
Contact:

Re: conifer

Post by Neli »

Does the foliage look bluish with silver streaks?
I ask lots of questions that sound like suggestions. Please remember I am a inquisitive newbie trying to figure out why You made a particular decision, in order to learn.
I started a blog:http://nelibonsai.wordpress.com/2013/07 ... a-nursery/
User avatar
hugh grant
Aussie Bonsai Fan
Aussie Bonsai Fan
Posts: 1131
Joined: November 21st, 2009, 7:30 pm
Favorite Species: Kunzea
Bonsai Age: 16
Bonsai Club: CCBC, CBS, VNBC, BSST
Location: Mount Victoria, NSW (Blue Mountains)
Has thanked: 1 time
Been thanked: 11 times
Contact:

Re: conifer

Post by hugh grant »

treeman wrote:Definitly a vegetable of some kind.
good one! haha
Neli wrote:Does the foliage look bluish with silver streaks?
Neli its a slightly bluish green, silver between the segments of the foliage
Tree Makers Making Australian Bonsai
School - Nursery - Store

Upper Blue Mountains NSW
https://www.treemakers.net/

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/treemakersbonsai
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tree_makers/
E: Hughgrant@treemakers.net
Neli
Aussie Bonsai Fan
Aussie Bonsai Fan
Posts: 1404
Joined: April 27th, 2012, 3:17 am
Favorite Species: Tropical
Bonsai Age: 0
Bonsai Club: Bonsai alaminutte
Location: Lusaka
Been thanked: 1 time
Contact:

Re: conifer

Post by Neli »

I thought it is chameoceparis boulevard...but it is not. One of the many kinds of shimpaku with larger buds.
I ask lots of questions that sound like suggestions. Please remember I am a inquisitive newbie trying to figure out why You made a particular decision, in order to learn.
I started a blog:http://nelibonsai.wordpress.com/2013/07 ... a-nursery/
User avatar
thoglette
Aussie Bonsai Fan
Aussie Bonsai Fan
Posts: 499
Joined: October 8th, 2009, 11:09 pm
Favorite Species: Acer Palmatum
Bonsai Age: 10
Bonsai Club: The Bonsai Workshop
Location: A cloud of disconnected thoughts
Has thanked: 42 times
Been thanked: 26 times
Contact:

Re: conifer

Post by thoglette »

hugh grant wrote: the tree has a greyish bark (as pictures below) and a red tone when brushed back.
The foliage is rather open and flat/frond like when mature. has a very strong sweet smell when you touch/crush or cut the foliage and branches.
growth is fairly upright.
Thuja? Occidentalis is a very common ornamental.
Neli
Aussie Bonsai Fan
Aussie Bonsai Fan
Posts: 1404
Joined: April 27th, 2012, 3:17 am
Favorite Species: Tropical
Bonsai Age: 0
Bonsai Club: Bonsai alaminutte
Location: Lusaka
Been thanked: 1 time
Contact:

Re: conifer

Post by Neli »

Tuja O has very flat fronds...this one is more 3 dimensional.
I ask lots of questions that sound like suggestions. Please remember I am a inquisitive newbie trying to figure out why You made a particular decision, in order to learn.
I started a blog:http://nelibonsai.wordpress.com/2013/07 ... a-nursery/
User avatar
hugh grant
Aussie Bonsai Fan
Aussie Bonsai Fan
Posts: 1131
Joined: November 21st, 2009, 7:30 pm
Favorite Species: Kunzea
Bonsai Age: 16
Bonsai Club: CCBC, CBS, VNBC, BSST
Location: Mount Victoria, NSW (Blue Mountains)
Has thanked: 1 time
Been thanked: 11 times
Contact:

Re: conifer

Post by hugh grant »

thanks for the replies!
It seems to me like Chamaecyparis thyoids (antlantic white ceder) is the closest yet. might even be it, the foliage is pretty close to mine looks and the fruit and seed capsules look the same.
Tree Makers Making Australian Bonsai
School - Nursery - Store

Upper Blue Mountains NSW
https://www.treemakers.net/

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/treemakersbonsai
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tree_makers/
E: Hughgrant@treemakers.net
User avatar
Bush bunny
Aussie Bonsai Fan
Aussie Bonsai Fan
Posts: 522
Joined: July 18th, 2014, 4:22 pm
Favorite Species: All species
Bonsai Age: 5
Bonsai Club: Canberra Bonsai Society, Inc.
Location: Armidale NSW

Re: conifer

Post by Bush bunny »

Hugh I am glad someone else names their bonsai, like me. Neli. LOL. I don't know either, does it smell piney? I don't think it is a juniper genus. But I'm struggling myself to ID some of my bonsai, that had either no labels on them other than 'Pine'.
Post Reply

Return to “Species Identification”