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Bodhi fig??
Posted: November 21st, 2012, 1:35 pm
by Qitianlong
Hey all,
anyone know what this plant is

? I bought it a year ago from a Mc-hardware store nearby

and potted it up (my second bonsai...) and it did well (first photo)

, but over winter it lost all its leaves and shriveled up into nothing

. 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

!!! 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

Go Boics.

Re: Bodhi fig??
Posted: November 21st, 2012, 3:55 pm
by Qitianlong
Boom! Thanks Boics!

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!