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    Forum: Plant IdentificationReplies: 5, Views: 47
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    Rabifleck
    Tabor City, NC

    January 23, 2013 11:30 AM

    Post #9394922

    Please help me identify this plant!

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    Vestia
    San Francisco, CA

    January 23, 2013 11:34 AM

    Post #9394928

    a "ginseng fig" - Ficus sp., but I have not been able to pin down which one.

    Metrosideros

    Metrosideros
    Keaau, HI


    January 23, 2013 11:43 AM

    Post #9394934

    Looks like Ficus benjamina, Weeping Fig.

    http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/719/

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus_benjamina
    Vestia
    San Francisco, CA

    January 23, 2013 12:04 PM

    Post #9394962

    I disagree. This sp. is often sold as a bonsai, and it's distinct from F. benjamina. I've grown and sold this plant for more than a decade, and I still have. it been able to ascertain the proper name.

    Metrosideros

    Metrosideros
    Keaau, HI


    January 23, 2013 12:31 PM

    Post #9394990

    Hi Vestia, are you refering to Ficus microcarpa or Ficus retusa?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus_microcarpa

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus_retusa

    They look similar as well.
    Vestia
    San Francisco, CA

    January 23, 2013 1:01 PM

    Post #9395005

    Ficus botany is so messy...
    I still refer to F. benjamina as such, since it is so well known by that name. Upon reflection, it seems that the "ginseng fig" could be a form of F. retusa (now microcarpa) I suppose.

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