My neighbor recently bought a bonsai tree from a dealer didn't know there were different species. Can anybody please identify this type of bonsai???
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jjgoffiney,
As linlaoboo mentioned, the pics are not that clear so ID is difficult. I may indeed be a Chinese Elm or Ulmus parvifolia, it certainly has the typical shape these trees are often seen in.
Try this to verify, look at this photo and see if you see a match. The shoot on the right is Chinese Elm. Note the small serrated leaves and alternating arrangement.
[url=https://img255.imageshack.us/I/zelelmzz6.jpg/][img]https://img255.imageshack.us/img255/2258/zelelmzz6.th.jpg[/img][/url]
Here is another showing that the shape of the leaves on a Chinese Elm can vary.
[url=https://img244.imageshack.us/my.php?image=elmleavesnq3.jpg][img]https://img244.imageshack.us/img244/2779/elmleavesnq3.th.jpg[/img][/url]
If those pictures don't seem correct to you, perhaps you can take some more shots.
Norm
As linlaoboo mentioned, the pics are not that clear so ID is difficult. I may indeed be a Chinese Elm or Ulmus parvifolia, it certainly has the typical shape these trees are often seen in.
Try this to verify, look at this photo and see if you see a match. The shoot on the right is Chinese Elm. Note the small serrated leaves and alternating arrangement.
[url=https://img255.imageshack.us/I/zelelmzz6.jpg/][img]https://img255.imageshack.us/img255/2258/zelelmzz6.th.jpg[/img][/url]
Here is another showing that the shape of the leaves on a Chinese Elm can vary.
[url=https://img244.imageshack.us/my.php?image=elmleavesnq3.jpg][img]https://img244.imageshack.us/img244/2779/elmleavesnq3.th.jpg[/img][/url]
If those pictures don't seem correct to you, perhaps you can take some more shots.
Norm
jjgofiney,
I agree with Gnome and linlaoboo. If the leaves have small serrations with alternating lateral veins*, this could very well be a Chinese Elm. Also, the knotty clump of thin branches at the apex looks very much like the apexes (apexices? apecies? not really sure) of a lot of Chinese Elms I've seen.
*By alternating veins, I mean if you look at the underside of the leaves, the lateral (left- and right-side) veins alternate over the main vein rather than match up with each other.
With some pruning, this'll be a handsome little bonsai!
I agree with Gnome and linlaoboo. If the leaves have small serrations with alternating lateral veins*, this could very well be a Chinese Elm. Also, the knotty clump of thin branches at the apex looks very much like the apexes (apexices? apecies? not really sure) of a lot of Chinese Elms I've seen.
*By alternating veins, I mean if you look at the underside of the leaves, the lateral (left- and right-side) veins alternate over the main vein rather than match up with each other.
With some pruning, this'll be a handsome little bonsai!