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Bodhi fig??

Posted: November 21st, 2012, 1:35 pm
by Qitianlong
Hey all,
anyone know what this plant is :reading: ? I bought it a year ago from a Mc-hardware store nearby :roll: and potted it up (my second bonsai...) and it did well (first photo) :clap: , but over winter it lost all its leaves and shriveled up into nothing :evil: . Thinking it dead, but not wanting to just throw it out, I stuck it in a nursery pot and forgot about it until seeing it today hidden behind a jacaranda... and it's ALIVE :worship: !!! The label Mc-hardware called it a 'bodhi fig'...
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Thanks!!

Re: Bodhi fig??

Posted: November 21st, 2012, 1:46 pm
by Boics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus_religiosa

Sounds like it's the right one from what I quickly read.

Re: Bodhi fig??

Posted: November 21st, 2012, 1:51 pm
by MoGanic
Efficient :tu: Go Boics. :aussie:

Re: Bodhi fig??

Posted: November 21st, 2012, 3:55 pm
by Qitianlong
Boom! Thanks Boics! :worship:

Re: Bodhi fig??

Posted: November 21st, 2012, 5:09 pm
by Hackimoto
It is Ficus religiosa. I have a few here , slow as a Bonsai.

Re: Bodhi fig??

Posted: November 22nd, 2012, 8:02 am
by Qitianlong
Hackimoto... do yours die back? I'm not sure why mine did, but it seems happy in its dark corner now so I'll leave it there.

Re: Bodhi fig??

Posted: November 22nd, 2012, 8:23 am
by Hackimoto
Yes deciduous. It has just re shot, I keep it in full sun and I have one about 10 mtrs high in the ground, it does the same thing.

Re: Bodhi fig??

Posted: November 22nd, 2012, 8:27 am
by Qitianlong
I see... 10m ey? Might move mine out into the sun too!