Ficus Palmeri Bonsai

There is differing information about the number of existing ficus species there may be between 800 and 2000.

Ficus palmeri bonsai. The ficus genus belongs to the family of mulberry plants moraceae and is the most popular indoor tree species for beginners at bonsai. It grows best with moderate water and partial shade. Last winter the greenhouse heater went out and they received frost damage but came back. The tree develop a large and distinctive woody basal caudex in early age why it is great to be trained as bonsai.

Grown indoor ficus petiolaris rarely sets flowers and fig. One of the best bonsai subjects around ficus palmeri is endemic to baja california and quickly makes a swollen fat white trunk with papery bark that has tons of character. Ficus petiolaris commonly known as the petiolate fig and rock fig is a fig that is endemic to mexico from baja california and sonora south to oaxaca. Ficus palmeri is very similar to f.

The base has expanded but the height is about 2 feet. Ficus palmeri is a fig native to baja and mexico. Ficus natalensis s africa dark green leaves aerial roots grows tall rare. So i ordered a collection from the glasshouse works and ficus palmeri was included in that shipment.

They are still in the bonsai pots i bought for them. M 25 00 l 35 00 sp 50 00 and up. I have owned 2 ficus palmeri for about 34 years. It was a small seedling plant with a stem about 4 inches tall and a small caudex just.

Bonsai enthusiasts sometimes grow this species on large stones or rock slabs in the hopes that their plants will produce similar looking root webs. It is often found growing in seasonally dry areas and adapts to times of drought by losing its leaves and storing water in its trunk. M 25 00 l 65 00 sp 100 00 and up. Ficus petiolaris mexico lava fig great bonsai pre shaped and bonsai able.

I also have 3 ficus petiolaris that survived frost but they aren t as old or rare. Ficus palmeri is often confused with another fig native to mexico. It grows from 10 20 feet high. Even at a young age this tree can produce a swollen stem with a lot of character.

The trunk and basal roots are often found plastered over rocky areas with the roots draping down rock faces and into crevices in a search for water. The ficus varieties grow quickly and have evergreen. Certain cultivars of fig ficus spp make excellent bonsai particularly the small leaved varieties such as ficus benjamina and ficus retusa. Ficus petiolaris which is endemic to the mainland mexico.