New Ficus, help needed to ID species

[cmu268]

I picked up this Ficus on clearance for $15 from New England Bonsai Gardens over the weekend. The person who rang me out couldn't say for sure, but I believe it's a Ficus retusa/microcarpa. I'm hoping someone can help me confirm that ID!

Still relatively new to bonsai (about a year), this one had a hard prune in the not too distant past and has tons of new growth/back budding coming in. My plan is to let this one grow out a bit before any future styling.

Thanks!

 

[BrianBay9]

Looks like a F microcarpa to me....maybe a tigerbark variety.

 

[Colorado]

Agree that it is ficus microcarpa.

Looks plenty healthy with all those new buds!

 

[19Mateo83]

Very healthy looking indeed. Most people can only dream of that kind of back budding on ficus.

 

[Tums]

Looks similar to my 'Tiny Limey' ficus, which is a cultivar of microcarpa.

 

[HorseloverFat]

Microcarpa..

"Melon Seed" is my guess... but "Tiny Limey" looks close, too.

 

[penumbra]

Microcarpa..

"Melon Seed" is my guess... but "Tiny Limey" looks close, too.

It is a Melon Seed. I have several.

 

[cmu268]

Appreciate all the insight! I'm happy with this $15 find

 

[Maiden69]

Very healthy looking indeed. Most people can only dream of that kind of back budding on ficus.

Feed them well and give them plenty of water and they will do just that. Search for 5:2 humic to kelp, Curtis (cmeg1) advises on it frequently. Ever since I started using it, almost everything I use it on starts back-budding from inner internodes without any other action. Before I had to cut hard to get that type of reaction.

@cmu268 your tree does look like a f.microcarpa, the var. Tigerbark has a darker bark.

This is a Tigerbark