ficus/ northwest trees

[anttal63]

you gotta love this setting

[anttal63]

heres another

[Jon Chown]

Antonio, I can see the first on in a nice penjing setting but both good trees.

Jon

[PeterW]

I hope we will be fortunate enough to see some progressional shots of these ones Ant! Nice stuff mate.
Peter

[Jerry Meislik]

Great trees. What species?
Jerry
http://www.bonsaihunk.us

[anttal63]

not 100% sure jerry, i would think port jackson. thats mostly what you see down here in melbourne. glad you like and the owners would be honoured to have your approval. thanks.

[Jerry Meislik]

Hi Annttal,
It is so often hard for me to ID Ficus trees without good views of the leaves, twigs, fruit etc. As you well know they are just so variable in nature as to be mind boggling. Having grown a number of figs from seed it is truly incredible to view the variations in leaf shape, color, texture etc. in just a few specimens just in my small collection.
I have several trees obtained from seed from "unknown" parents and I have tried to ID them without success. Of course if they ever fruit I may be able to guess at the parents.
So, I am always trying to learn about figs and their true identity. I know that you all will help me.
Jerry
http://www.bonsaihunk.us

[Hector Johnson]

you gotta love this setting

That tree looks remarkably like a seal or walrus that grew branches.

[Jerry Meislik]

Both trees do have animal-like feel.
This type of character always appeals to me!
Jerry

[lennard]

Beautiful trees!

[Graeme]

Hi Annttal,
It is so often hard for me to ID Ficus trees without good views of the leaves, twigs, fruit etc. As you well know they are just so variable in nature as to be mind boggling. Having grown a number of figs from seed it is truly incredible to view the variations in leaf shape, color, texture etc.

Jerry, more than a few years ago I took a rather large chunk of a Ficus to the Botanic Garden in Adelaide in an attempt to have it identified. The attendant advised me the "Fig guy" wasn't at work that day, but would be in the following day. He took all my details and the details of the fig and assurred me the "Fig Guy' would get back to me.
A few weeks later I received a letter from the "Fig Guy" (have to call him that as dont recall his name). He wrote a really detailed letter outlining a lot of good stuff about figs. The bottom line about this particular fig was that, as he knew the tree had no qualms about identifying it for me, but said he was a bit hesitant about saying definately what a fig was, unless it was a very old tree. Appears there has been quite a bit of shannanagans going on in the Ficus world and most of the trees that have grown, from seed, over the past 50-100 years have become "inbread" ( ), making positive identification difficult.

[Jerry Meislik]

Thanks Graeme, I can appreciate the true complexity of a definite ID in this grouping. They are a social family.
Jerry