Small leaf Buttonwood From Contest

[stacy allen muse]

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[Poink88]

Congrats!

I want one! How small do the leaves of these get after leaf reduction training?

 

[stacy allen muse]

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[Poink88]

Having said that often pordocarpus have the same straight trunk...

You mean Conocarpus?

 

[stacy allen muse]

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[Poink88]

Podocarpus, sorry I miss spelled...

Podocarpus like yew?

I am either not getting it or you mean conocarpus.

 

[tmmason10]

He means podocarpus. Yew is taxus.

 

[Poink88]

He means podocarpus. Yew is taxus.

http://www.floridata.com/ref/p/podo_m.cfm
"Podocarpus macrophylla
Common Names: podocarpus, yew podocarpus, Japanese yew, Buddhist pine
Family: Podocarpaceae (podocarpus Family)"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podocarpus
"Podocarpus (play /ˌpoʊdəˈkɑrpəs/;[1] from the Greek, podos, meaning "foot", and karpos, meaning "fruit") is a genus of conifers, the most numerous and widely distributed of the podocarp family Podocarpaceae. The 105 species of Podocarpus are evergreen shrubs or trees from 1-25 m (rarely to 40 m) in height. The leaves are 0.5-15 cm long, lanceolate to oblong, falcate (sickle-shaped) in some species, with a distinct midrib, and are arranged spirally, though in some species twisted to appear in two horizontal ranks. The cones have two to five fused scales, of which only one, rarely two, are fertile, each fertile scale with one apical seed. At maturity, the scales become berry-like, swollen, brightly coloured red to purple and fleshy, and are eaten by birds which then disperse the seeds in their droppings. The male (pollen) cones are 5-20 mm long, often clustered several together. Many species, though not all, are dioecious."

 

[Poink88]

http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/4h/Buttonwood/buttwood.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conocarpus_erectus

"Conocarpus erectus, one of two species in the genus Conocarpus, is a mangrove shrub and tree in the family Combretaceae growing on shorelines in tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including Florida, Bermuda, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, Central and South America from Mexico to Brazil on the Atlantic coast and Mexico to Ecuador on the Pacific coast, western Africa and in Melanesia and Polynesia. It was introduced in Kuwait because it can thrive in high temperatures and absorbs brackish water. English common names include buttonwood, buttonbush, button mangrove, button-tree, false mangrove, Florida button, Florida buttonwood, green buttonwood, grey mangrove and Zaragoza mangrove."

 

[stacy allen muse]

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[tmmason10]

Dario, fair enough I see what you mean now.

 

[Poink88]

Stacy,

Ok, that makes sense now. I really would love to hear back from you later on how the leaves reduce on this.

Not sure but my regular buttonwood don't have straight branches, they tend to bend, twist, and roll actually...maybe because the leaves are heavier? LOL

 

[stacy allen muse]

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[Poink88]

Nice! I wonder if it can be grafted "easily" to regular BW. I'll probably wait and see how small I can get the foliage on mine first though.

Honestly, yours is the first I've seen of this narrow leaf BW and I like it.

Somehow, you remind me of the "Blues Brothers" LOL