PlantFiles Pictures: Cuban Laurel, Indian Laurel Fig, Green Island Fig, Chinese Banyan (Ficus microca

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Author Content Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) June 13, 2006 10:57 PM Post #2388137 Cuban Laurel, Indian Laurel Fig, Green Island Fig, Chinese Banyan Ficus microcarpa In a plant show in zone 9b http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/57818/ Click the image for an enlarged view. Jubaea Saint Malo France (Zone 9a) May 26, 2008 06:00 PM Post #5006769 cute young guy, but it's F_microcarpa, not F_benjamina ;-) Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) May 31, 2008 09:08 AM Post #5030193 How can you tell? The leaves look the same as this F. benjamina http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/166117/ Jubaea Saint Malo France (Zone 9a) June 02, 2008 10:03 AM Post #5040315 F_benjamina leaves have a longer point, thinner texture; twigs are slender and tend to "weep". F_microcarpa leaves & twigs are tougher. F_benjamina is not often seen as a bonsai. Being basically a backwater tree, it drops leaves too easily with recurring droughts. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) June 02, 2008 12:10 PM Post #5040921 OK, I agree. I give the editors permission to switch the photo to the correct page. Joan Belfield, ND (Zone 4a) June 02, 2008 12:52 PM Post #5041105 Thanks for working this out. The photo has been moved.

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