AusBonsai

I concur with your questioning of the ID Ash - it seems like a chameleon fig. The first pictures look like a hilli but the last photos look like a natalensis.

Tony

Hi guys ya the foliage has changed a bit I have been defoliating and keeping in a hot house so I dont know if that would affect it? I will post some more close ups of the foliage .

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Some more close up shots of the foliage

Looks like natalensis and not microcarpa.
Jerry

Seems to be the case Jerry - the leaves look more like natalensis than hillii. Can we some some close ups of the hard wood on the branches ?

Tony

Some shots of old wood for you bougy fan

As a photographer you make a great bonsai artist It's still hard to see but if it has sort of dark stripes running along the wood it is a natal fig. The hillii new leaves are a much brighter green than the new leaves on a natal fig.

Tony

Ya sorry about the shots they are taken on my phone

Update on this old Fig. Confirmed it is a natelensis can mods please change thread title? @steven
Thread graft failed had to regrow Apex. Has been slow growing with this one, might Chuck it back into a larger training pot soon to kick it on and develop a decent crown.

Thanks for the thread name change Steven

A larger pot to form the new apex might be just the ticket.
Usually natalensis are very powerful growers.
Jerry

Yeah I have have taken cuttings from this tree and they are powering on in larger pots. The growth rate is phenomenal. I think I will pot this one up on the coming weeks.