[SOLVED] I.D Please (FICUS)

[Amanda]

This unidentified ficus was growing indoors at a nursery in a dim corner. It could be one of those mass produced 'pot belly bonsai' ?

The Petioles are dark green and up to 5mm. The largest leaves are up to 6cm long and 3cm wide, the underside is a few shades lighter, not hairy or reddish.
Bark is smooth, light grey almost white.
The plant is not much to look at and very hard to take seriously - it is odd! but worth the few dollars I paid, for it sparked my interest and if comes good could make an interesting feature.

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Identification solved
By Edward Scissorhand - Ficus panda

[Amanda]

Any ideas??

[Jamie]

hi anja,

this one has me stumped, i havent seen leaves like that to often on these sort of figs, normally they are ficus microcarpa spp. but this one looks possibly like morton bay leaves.

not 100% on that pal, sorry.


jamie

[nealweb]

Looks just like the mass produced ones you get in bunnings with the tops grafted onto big fat trunks (or roots?)

[Amanda]

No worries, Jamie. Lmk if you want a cutting, I have a few going.

Yeah Neal, I think you're right. Perhaps this tree was a graft and the grafts died back resulting in this weird growth, hoping to get some back budding later in the year. I have a plan to pop it over a rock and chuck it in the ground for a few years when I find the right rock, or a log or something with interest.

The leaves feel papery and are curled a bit, really unusual. I consulted Leongs book but meh no luck.

[Edward Scissorhand]

Amanda, maybe its a panda fig? Ficus panda?

[Amanda]

Eddie, that's it! Thank you