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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/
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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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