Author Topic: The Small Seedling Identification Thread ( UFO's ) (Read 22138 times)

FlyingFoxFruits · « **on:** September 30, 2012, 11:44:36 PM »

Hey Forum members,

Think of this thread as a machine.

Put in a pic of your unidentified fruit tree seedling / seedlings...(upload pics for us to see)

and out comes a perfectly correct answer for any seedling you might wonder about!

OK maybe not...but this thread might be a great place for you to get a handle on that tree you forgot to label!

I know between some of the members here, it will be hard to stump us...so anyone with question about your unidentified fruit tree seedlings (very small newly sprouting seedlings even!), feed your pictures and questions into this fine tuned machine, and and hopefully you'll be vended a valid answer.

Hope to see some UFO's soon...Unidentified Fruiting Objects.

FlyingFoxFruits · « **Reply #1 on:** September 30, 2012, 11:45:25 PM »

I have a UFO I must upload pics and clues for soon! I forgot to label a brazilian seedling that took 4 ever to sprout...and now I'm in doubt.

FlyingFoxFruits · « **Reply #2 on:** October 01, 2012, 01:00:41 AM »

here are some seeds that popped up after about 100 days...from Brazil. Possibly the cerrado if I recall...but maybe not.

Any guesses?

This one is very hard for me...I should know this, but forgot to label. This one doesn't seem sensitive to ph, which makes me think it may not be a cerrado sp?

thanks in advance to anyone who guesses. (you can click on my pics twice to make them really large)

FlyingFoxFruits · « **Reply #3 on:** October 01, 2012, 01:02:28 AM »

not Eugenia florida is it?

I had some other seeds labeled as that , and they look more like a suirnam cherry...these have impressed nerves, but look eugenia-ish to me.

Mike T · « **Reply #4 on:** October 01, 2012, 01:27:03 AM »

Saff they are not suris but I would be rootin' for Eugenia still.

fruitlovers · « **Reply #5 on:** October 01, 2012, 06:56:28 AM »

Definitely eugenia. But hard to tell at very small stage. Could it be E. stipitata (araza)?

Tim · « **Reply #6 on:** October 03, 2012, 11:28:30 AM »

Do any of you Myrtaceae wizards know what tree this is?

Jaboticaba? by tanetahi, on Flickr

Jaboticaba ? by tanetahi, on Flickr

FlyingFoxFruits · « **Reply #7 on:** October 03, 2012, 11:38:01 AM »

Quote from: fruitlovers on October 01, 2012, 06:56:28 AM

Definitely eugenia. But hard to tell at very small stage. Could it be E. stipitata (araza)?

nice guess Oscar..but I don't think I planted any araza seeds!

I will let u know if they turn out to be araza.

FlyingFoxFruits · « **Reply #8 on:** October 03, 2012, 11:38:59 AM »

Tim,

nice pic..looks like you found the largest jaboticaba ever.

I wonder what the hell that is though?

Thanks for posting the pic!

Looks Asian, and not from South America BTW

edself65 · « **Reply #9 on:** October 04, 2012, 12:20:34 PM »

Here is some photos of some seedlings I can't identify. I found these while moving everything into my greenhouse.

Thanks,

Ed

FlyingFoxFruits · « **Reply #10 on:** October 04, 2012, 02:26:19 PM »

look like olives. lol.

they're probably just yard weeds.

yank em!

FlyingFoxFruits · « **Reply #11 on:** October 04, 2012, 04:24:20 PM »

OKOK

I know what those are Ed...but I have an unfair advantage.

If anyone can properly ID them, I will poop in my cyber pants.

fruitlovers · « **Reply #12 on:** October 04, 2012, 05:55:41 PM »

Could they be purslane?

FlyingFoxFruits · « **Reply #13 on:** October 04, 2012, 05:59:59 PM »

Quote from: fruitlovers on October 04, 2012, 05:55:41 PM

Could they be purslane?

no, it does look like one though. lol
its a fruit

one I'd want to eat 4 $ure

CoPlantNut · « **Reply #14 on:** October 04, 2012, 06:10:04 PM »

Hard to tell from the photos, but they look like pomegranate seedlings to me.

nullzero · « **Reply #15 on:** October 04, 2012, 06:13:19 PM »

Quote from: CoPlantNut on October 04, 2012, 06:10:04 PM

Hard to tell from the photos, but they look like pomegranate seedlings to me.

Yeah most likely pomegranate seedlings, CoPlantNut nailed it.

BMc · « **Reply #16 on:** October 04, 2012, 06:14:37 PM »

They look like baby midyim.

BMc · « **Reply #17 on:** October 04, 2012, 06:20:09 PM »

Quote from: fruitlovers on October 01, 2012, 06:56:28 AM

Definitely eugenia. But hard to tell at very small stage. Could it be E. stipitata (araza)?

They look more like victoriana to me. My stipitata seem to have more rounded leaf tips usually.

BMc · « **Reply #18 on:** October 04, 2012, 06:26:14 PM »

Quote from: Tim on October 03, 2012, 11:28:30 AM

Do any of you Myrtaceae wizards know what tree this is?

I bet on Syzygium sp. especially given the location of the photo.
I dont know that fruit shape/colour though. MikeT might have seen this on his travels.

edself65 · « **Reply #19 on:** October 04, 2012, 06:48:13 PM »

Ha ha Adam definitely not olives!

Ed

FlyingFoxFruits · « **Reply #20 on:** October 04, 2012, 07:11:08 PM »

Quote from: CoPlantNut on October 04, 2012, 06:10:04 PM

Hard to tell from the photos, but they look like pomegranate seedlings to me.

it does look like pomegranate, but nope. something else...most likely harder to source...lol

FlyingFoxFruits · « **Reply #21 on:** October 04, 2012, 07:13:03 PM »

Quote from: BMc on October 04, 2012, 06:26:14 PM

Quote from: Tim on October 03, 2012, 11:28:30 AM
Do any of you Myrtaceae wizards know what tree this is?

I bet on Syzygium sp. especially given the location of the photo.
I dont know that fruit shape/colour though. MikeT might have seen this on his travels.

I second that emotion.

When I look at this tree, that is all I could think of...syzigium syzgium syzigium.

Same with the mystery plant from PIN labeled as M. floribunda...looks like a syzigium to me.

edself65 · « **Reply #22 on:** October 04, 2012, 07:52:13 PM »

Definitely not pomegrante or purslane! I planted the seeds but not certain but hopeful that it is a special eugenia!

Ed

fruitlovers · « **Reply #23 on:** October 04, 2012, 08:19:25 PM »

Quote from: edself65 on October 04, 2012, 07:52:13 PM

Definitely not pomegrante or purslane! I planted the seeds but not certain but hopeful that it is a special eugenia!

Ed

There are some small narrow leafed eugenias like that. Forget the species name right now.

FlyingFoxFruits · « **Reply #24 on:** October 04, 2012, 08:23:49 PM »

those leaves can only belong to one Eugenia I can think if.

the most beatiful and rare Eugenia mattosii.

it has those funny oval shaped leaves...looking like a pomegranate or olive...but like Eugenia!

I'd bet all my chips on e mattosii.

it must be a nice fruit if it's named after Mattos. The gentleman who had a field day (lol) describing plinia species to science in the year of 1976.

great job collecting.

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Author Topic: The Small Seedling Identification Thread ( UFO's ) (Read 22138 times)