Unknown ficus benjamina var.

[amcoffeegirl]

Can anyone ID this var. of benjamina?
Thin leaves compared to the standard. Short internodes currently.
And are these two pics the same?

 

[Mellow Mullet]

I had one of those once that I got at Home Depot, it was called "Ki Ki (Key-Key)", But you know how box store's plant labels are. It grew well but did not trunk up very fast, I eventually gave it away.

John

 

[GrimLore]

My Wife likes them to fill in shelves of larger Tropicals. They look nice in very small pots and I think because they grow leggy she is "slowly" working one into a cascade.

Grimmy

 

[lordy]

I don't think it is Benjamina. I think it is nerifolia, or narrow leaf.

 

[Cypress187]

I think it's an houseplant ficus, i have/had one and it's totally not thinkening up.

 

[Redwood Ryan]

Kiki would be a reasonable guess.

 

[Redwood Ryan]

Also, when you Google Ficus benjamina Kiki there's a lot of pictures of my trees. Interesting...

 

[amcoffeegirl]

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I don't think it is Benjamina. I think it is nerifolia, or narrow leaf.

this one is not a willow leaf. The one in the background is a nerifolia. I'm not even sold on the kiki answer either.
I will just have to let it grow and see.
I feel like its def a benjamina variety
Maybe wandii or too little.
I don't know truly.

 

[Redwood Ryan]

Wait I just had a closer look at the leaves now that I'm not on my phone. That's definitely a Too Little. Leaf shape is a dead giveaway.

 

[amcoffeegirl]

It is very much like a too little but the leaves seem thinner.
This was found on a website called Dave's garden.
I think they look very similar
At the bottom of the photo is says unknown var. but this was written in 2007.
I went back to the greenhouse where I got it and it may be just a regular benjamina. It is a baby but the new leaves are growing larger. I thought it was because they don't get as much light at my house but even in the greenhouse they are growing larger leaves.
We will see.

 

[Anthony]

If it is Kiki, it will develop a trunk with time and should get very dense. Just started work on two, as the nurseries are featuring standards with excellent branching/ leaf density.
Very short standards by the way.
Testing growing in a simple 5 mm builder's gravel mix with aged compost. Say 80 to 20 compost by volume [ shovel fulls.]
Let you know in 5 years or so.
Good Day
Anthony

 

[amcoffeegirl]

If it is Kiki, it will develop a trunk with time and should get very dense. Just started work on two, as the nurseries are featuring standards with excellent branching/ leaf density.
Very short standards by the way.
Testing growing in a simple 5 mm builder's gravel mix with aged compost. Say 80 to 20 compost by volume [ shovel fulls.]
Let you know in 5 years or so.
Good Day
Anthony

Thanks I pry still won't know what this is in 5 years- so it's a deal
I found a similar one also called dwarf Nina but it's variegated
I don't know if I will try to form these they may just be house plants for me.