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[ID] Ficus ID

Posted: May 16th, 2014, 8:17 pm
by bones3
Hi all. I recently got this Ficus bonsai but the grower did not specify which species of Ficus it is. Apparently it grows red berries on it too.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/os1d7wu6ekop0 ... 120935.jpg

Leaves:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yldji6talqtsi ... 121318.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dyyck45sozgjy ... 173745.jpg
Trunk:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6v17mlg3hv1sn ... 165844.jpg

Anyone have any ideas? Thanks.

Re: Ficus ID

Posted: May 16th, 2014, 8:38 pm
by DavidWilloughby
Hi bones,

It looks like a Ficus benjamina Shorty or commonly known as Dwarf Weeping Fig.

Cheers

David

Re: [ID] Ficus ID

Posted: May 16th, 2014, 10:35 pm
by bones3
Thanks very much, David.

Re: Ficus ID

Posted: May 16th, 2014, 10:48 pm
by Jamie
DavidWilloughby wrote:Hi bones,

It looks like a Ficus benjamina Shorty or commonly known as Dwarf Weeping Fig.

Cheers

David


Agreed

Re: [ID] Ficus ID

Posted: May 17th, 2014, 12:26 pm
by bones3
Thanks for the confirmation, Jamie.

Out of curiosity, how do you know it is the dwarf variety rather than a standard Weeping Fig? Is it the size of the leaves?