What Bonsai tree do I have???

Larry7056 · Thu Sep 08, 2011 10:53 pm

Okay, not sure to add a picture.....
Its one long stick up to the top of the plant with green leaves and roots sprouting off the top....
Also if anyone can tell me how to care for it that would be great. Thanks

kdodds · Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:29 pm

Care is not possible without id, id is not possible without a MUCH better description, or better yet, a picture.

rainbowgardener · Fri Sep 09, 2011 7:12 am

Detailed instructions for how to post pictures here are in the introductory New to Helpful Gardener section at the top of the index page, under Helpful Tips and Suggestions for New Members, along with some other good stuff!

Larry7056 · Fri Sep 09, 2011 5:01 pm

[img]https://img84.imageshack.us/img84/4834/dsci0408h.jpg[/img]

Larry7056 · Fri Sep 09, 2011 5:02 pm

Thats the tree, was waiting til daytime.

Gnome · Sat Sep 10, 2011 12:23 pm

Larry,

I'm sorry to say that I cannot ID your plant from that picture. Let's try this; use the Google images feature and enter 'Schefflera' and tell us if that resembles your plant.

Norm

Larry7056 · Sat Sep 10, 2011 12:54 pm

Hmm not really sure if it resembles it or not...it doesnt look to close to me? Thanks though

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Anybody else have any input:)

gbhunter77 · Sun Sep 11, 2011 2:04 am

Looks sort of like a shaflera..(spelling is bad) but thats a guess. I have seen them look like this.

kdodds · Sun Sep 11, 2011 8:59 am

Looks like Schefflera to me as well, though not a bonsai.

Larry7056 · Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:40 am

So will it become bigger? And how much water do you think it will need at this stage?

linlaoboo · Sun Sep 11, 2011 12:40 pm

to thicken it in the quickest time. remove it from the small bonsai pot it's currently in. You should research what the best time to do this will be since I don't grown Schefs. use the search function in the forum. I've seen great threads on them.

kdodds · Mon Sep 12, 2011 8:38 am

Get bigger? Not likely the way it is. As I said, it's not a bonsai, it's just a sprig that has been left to grow, most likely without enough light or humidity. The only thing you could really do to get it on the road to bonsai it provide light, humidity, and a much larger pot. I'd go ahead and chop it to within a few inches of the soil on repot as well. Leaving it the way it is is begging for a nasty reverse taper to form.

Gnome · Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:32 pm

Larry,

I would suggest that you verify the ID before you take any drastic action. Although we all feel that it resembles a Schefflera I would feel more comfortable with additional pictures. Can you take a few more showing the detail of the leaves and the trunk? I would hate for you to make a bad decision based on that one picture that lacks any real detail.

Norm