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What type of bonsai are these?
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Posted by
red_hat Mi (
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Thu, Dec 27, 07 at 13:34
| Hi,
I've got these bonsai trees from a friend and I would like to know what species they are.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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RE: What type of bonsai are these?
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| The second one is Ginseng Ficus - (ficus retusa.) Dunno about the first. |
RE: What type of bonsai are these?
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| The first is a similar type of Ficus. |
RE: What type of bonsai are these?
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The first photo looks more like an adenium to me(I have two). Really it was the trunk shape & colour, that makes me suggest this. It could be a ficus, but enter adenium in google images for a look.
Good luck
Ron |
the 1st picture on your post is
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| a desert rose, the 2nd picture is a ficus. not sure what the botanical name is but it is called a ficus. if you have any questions send me an email through gardenweb memebers page. ps: i have 2 of each plant. |
RE: What type of bonsai are these?
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| The first one is a Desert rose. The second i dont now. |
RE: What type of bonsai are these?
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| desert rose and ginseng ficus do not over water the rose.i did mine and it turned to mush!!!!! john |
RE: What type of bonsai are these?
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| i agree with many of the above. the first is a dessert rose and the second is a ficus. good luck with the dessert rose they do become quite beutiful, but from experience. they see to attract parasite like crazy. i took care f one for a teacher in the school green house and it was the only one in there with a hug mealy bug problem. (quite sad realy) I also found that they are pretty fragile. (long and sad story) |
RE: What type of bonsai are these?
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| They probably had mealy bug from being overwatered, but that doesn't mean they're fragile. |
RE: What type of bonsai are these?
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| the one i took care of would always have branches that would break off easily. |
RE: What type of bonsai are these?
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| The picture you have is a Bonsai Ficus Ginseng. I have three (3) of them. Diane |
RE: What type of bonsai are these?
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| Just a note here about nomenclature (what you call stuff):- Bonsai means Tree (or plant) in a Pot. It's an old Japanese word. The Chinese version is Penjing (but there are other versions of that one). Neither of those have anything to do with the proper (Latin) or common names of any particular tree (species). No tree would ever be called "Bonsai" anything, but is called by the Genus name (first), e.g. 'Acer' (for Maple), then the Species name (Acer rubrum - the species name is not capitalized), then the Variety (A. rubrum 'nana' - nana means small, tho' in fact there isn't a 'nana' A. rubrum in real life :-). So the tree in question here is a Ficus 'ginseng', no more and no less. Lecture overwith! |
RE: What type of bonsai are these?
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| the first is andenium (desert rose) which is a type of succulent and the second is a ginseng ficus |
RE: What type of bonsai are these?
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| This is definitely a ficus ginseng and what a wonderful plant it is. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Bonsai Ginseng Blog
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