Re: Mystery tree
- Subject: Re: Mystery tree
- From: <k*@cox.net>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:14:55 -0700
Purely a rhetorical question, but I wonder how many cv.'s might be out there.. I would assume the vast majority of 'good' speciens are propagated vegetatively, not from seed.. I suggest this because my own experience in trying to cultivate a few spp. the results are usually in the less than 80% germination range..
FWIW,
Mark in SD
---- Joseph Seals <thegardenguru@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Barry, et al:
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Another option would be Ficus macrophylla. I initially ruled it out because
a) I've never seen one growing with that kind of rounded structure
b) most specimens of F. macrophylla have a slight rustiness to the bottom of the leaf (although not as much as Ficus rubiginosa)
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There are some very large specimens of Ficus elastica in microclimates in Santa Maria (SWGB Zone 16). None as large as the one in your pic but Santa Maria doesn't have the horticultural culture history of Monterey. Monterey is also the milder Zone 17.
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Most people know Ficus elastica from the many "colorful" large-leafed cultivars. The species, planted many years ago throughout California, has smallish leaves (relative for a Ficus), dark green above, somewhat paler beneath.
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From: B. Garcia <paroxytone@gmail.com>
To: Medit-Plants Plants <Medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: Mystery tree
Seems it's almost certainly a ficus. Also interesting if it's F. elastica since that may be the only tree sized specimen of one around here!
Then again, there *was* a very tall Caryota ochlandra in the courtyard of the Pacific House, so Monterey is full of neat botanical surprises.
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Joseph Seals <thegardenguru@yahoo.com> wrote:
Barry:
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