Natural Growing Ginseng Ficus?

[Fallen_Reality]

I have a Ginseng Ficus that I want try a traditional style with, and it dawned on me that I have never heard of a natural grown plant. I'm sure they must exist, as Jerry "Bonsaihunk" Meislik has pictures of other species and varieties, but a search for ficus retusa or ficus microcarpa doesn't yield many good results. What I find are bonsai or trees kept as part of a landscape, which were maintained and not allowed to grow naturally.

Is the Ginseng Ficus a variety that has only existed in a form of cultivation? If so, how would it grow as nature intended?

 

[Redwood Ryan]

I have a Ginseng Ficus that I want try a traditional style with, and it dawned on me that I have never heard of a natural grown plant. I'm sure they must exist, as Jerry "Bonsaihunk" Meislik has pictures of other species and varieties, but a search for ficus retusa or ficus microcarpa doesn't yield many good results. What I find are bonsai or trees kept as part of a landscape, which were maintained and not allowed to grow naturally.

Is the Ginseng Ficus a variety that has only existed in a form of cultivation? If so, how would it grow as nature intended?

Ginseng Ficus as in big tuber Ficus? You won't find any pictures of them in nature, as they just don't exist. They're just a commercial thing. Not exactly sure how they would grow as nature intended, likely just as a microcarpa would but with fat ugly roots

 

[Fallen_Reality]

Ginseng Ficus as in big tuber Ficus? You won't find any pictures of them in nature, as they just don't exist. They're just a commercial thing. Not exactly sure how they would grow as nature intended, likely just as a microcarpa would but with fat ugly roots

Yep, THAT Ficus! I'm tempted to get a large pot for a cutting I have from one to let grow wild. Anyone who knows bonsai don't think they can be used as material, but I am determined to try!