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Fri, May 25, 12 at 17:46
| Can anyone tell me if pandurata and lyrata is the same ficus? I just purchased a ficus pandurata and am searching for information on how to care for it... got it on clearance for $5.00 I believe its in an 8 inch pot. I recently moved to Northern Utah and am missing all of my plants i had in Orange County California :(... so i've been slowly getting plants.
thanks for anyones help Chuy |
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| Pandurata/lyrata = synonymous. Al |
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| thanks Al... wanted to make sure... any advice on how to care for it?? Chuy |
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| There's some good advice at the thread I'll link you to. Al |
Here is a link that might be useful: More if you click me ...
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- Posted by jerricaben none (My Page) on Mon, Oct 29, 12 at 18:41
| Maybe someone can tell me if I got the right thing, too? I went looking for a fiddle-leaf fig tree today and found two at Home Depot. I got the smaller one because it fit in my car (the much bigger one couldn't), but now that I look closer at the tag it says: Ficus Pandurata Bush. So I didn't get a tree? |
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| Your question has a technical answer, but I suspect you're more interested in the practical considerations. First, a TREE would be woody plant with a single perennial stem at least three inches in diameter at a point 4-1/2 feet above the ground, a definitely formed crown of foliage, and a mature height of at least 13 feet. Shrubs usually have several perennial stems that may or may not be erect. They will usually have a height less than 13 feet and stems no more than about three inches in diameter. Practically speaking, you can make a tree bush-like by truncating its leader and allowing the multiple co-dominant leaders (essentially branches) that subsequently occur to continue to co-exist as separate trunks, which is exactly what occurred if your 'tree masquerading as a bush' has multiple stems. You got a tree, but it's normal growth habit was altered because of how it was pruned. It's fixable if you want a single-stemmed specimen, but it takes some time. Al |
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- Posted by tropicbreezent (My Page) on Tue, Oct 30, 12 at 4:23
| Ficus pandurata and Ficus lyrata are two different species, Their valid names are Ficus pandurata Hance, and Ficus lyrata Warb. So unless the plant was mislabelled, as sometimes happens in retail outlets, it is Ficus pandurata. |
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- Posted by greenlarry UK 8/9 (My Page) on Tue, Oct 30, 12 at 5:59
| A bush is a tree with more than one stem, sometimes pendulous or reptant. |
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