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Old 12-Jun-2005   #1
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Back in December, I was Emailed by a well-known Nurseryman, asking if I would do some bartering. He asked if I would do a painting for him, and in return he would send me a tree!

The deal was made and after several months, he approved the painting and it was sent to him. Due to our bad weather here in Southern NJ, I asked him to hold off shipping until March. The last day of March, I recieved this Ficus Salicfolia.

Just for the fun of it, I also did a painting of the tree, which I finished about a week ago!

So here are the two pictures!
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File Type: jpg F NERAFOLIA 89 033105 a.jpg (58.5 KB, 104 views)
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Old 12-Jun-2005   #2
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Hi, Carl.

Nice tree and nice painting!

How big is the tree?
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I guess I should have mentioned the picture above was taken the day I received the tree.

Here are later shots taken in May, including a picture of the fruit that I spotted.
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File Type: jpg F SALICFOLIA 89 050517 FRUIT.jpg (58.8 KB, 38 views)
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Hi Bart the tree is about 12 inches tall.
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Nice shohin. From the close-up of the foliage, it looks like it might be either an exotica or a salicifolia '89. However, it could be simply a ficus salicifolia.
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Charles:

Looks like an '89 to me.

(For those who think we are speaking in code: In 1989, there was a tremendous freeze in Florida, hard freezing even the nurseries south of Miami in Homestead. At Jim Smith's Dura-Stone Nursery in Vero Beach, some Ficus Salicifolia (Jim prefers that to Nerifolia) were, in his opinion, permanantly genetically* altered. These have, most notably, larger leaves than "normal" willow-leaf ficus, but with a brighter green color as well. Some of us know these as "Ficus Nerifolia 'Jim Smith '89".)

They make very nice larger scale bonsai.

* This is hard to prove, since they are propagated via cuttings. The wasp needed to pollinate the flower (which is inside what we think of as the fruits) does not exist in North America.
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Bart and Charles it is definitely an Ficus salicfolia 89!
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They make really nice trees.

Charles: Have you seen the painting, yet?
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Charles:

Looks like an '89 to me.

(For those who think we are speaking in code: In 1989, there was a tremendous freeze in Florida, hard freezing even the nurseries south of Miami in Homestead. At Jim Smith's Dura-Stone Nursery in Vero Beach, some Ficus Salicifolia (Jim prefers that to Nerifolia) were, in his opinion, permanantly genetically* altered. These have, most notably, larger leaves than "normal" willow-leaf ficus, but with a brighter green color as well. Some of us know these as "Ficus Nerifolia 'Jim Smith '89".)

They make very nice larger scale bonsai.

* This is hard to prove, since they are propagated via cuttings. The wasp needed to pollinate the flower (which is inside what we think of as the fruits) does not exist in North America.


Are there any botanists or molecular biologists in the house? Can anyone tell me how a freeze can genetically alter the DNA of a tree? Has my science education missed something here? I mean I know I am from Kansas, but really!
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Chris,

I've been wondering the same thing,,,but perhaps it was just a natural selection of a sport(that had gone unnoticed) that was more likely to survive the freeze?

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