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Plant ID
« on: January 15, 2017, 07:01:08 PM »
This little tree had a name tag 'Mexican lime' when I got it. It's very productive and the fruits are big and turn yellow. Does it look like 'Mexican lime' to you guys?




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Re: Plant ID
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2017, 07:19:18 PM »
Definitely not a Mexican Lime, looks like a Meyer Lemon.

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Re: Plant ID
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2017, 09:05:55 PM »
Meyer Lemon would be my guess too. It's thought by many to be the most grown non commercial citrus in USA.

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Re: Plant ID
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2017, 10:43:58 AM »
I thought it looks like a Meyer lemon when the fruits got that large, but I would like to know for sure. Does anybody here have a Mexican Lime?

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« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2017, 11:25:35 AM »
That may very well be a Mexican lime, aka key lime.  I read that it is picked green early, but will turn yellow if left on tree.
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Re: Plant ID
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2017, 11:36:06 AM »
Definitely looks like meyer lemon.  Fruit is way too large to be mexican lime, and I've never seen mexican limes get quite that bright yellow.  Fruit shape looks like meyer lemon also.

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« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2017, 12:22:18 PM »
It is a simple matter to determine if it is some type of a lime.  Cut the fruit in half and examine the pulp.  If the pulp has a greenish tint to it and the aroma is typical to a lime then your tree is some type of a lime. If the fruit is also seedless and large/round then it is probably a Bearrs Lime. If not then I agree with Meyer Lemon.
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Re: Plant ID
« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2017, 02:36:42 PM »
Mexican / key limes are small, the fruit in the photo does look more like a meyer lemon.

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Re: Plant ID
« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2017, 02:53:08 PM »
Thanks guys. I will cut open the fruit and post a picture. The fruits were smaller previous years.

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Re: Plant ID
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Re: Plant ID
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Re: Plant ID
« Reply #11 on: January 16, 2017, 05:50:53 PM »
Well, doesn't look like a lime, does it?  ???

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Re: Plant ID
« Reply #12 on: January 16, 2017, 05:56:32 PM »
Lemon for sure.

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Re: Plant ID
« Reply #13 on: January 16, 2017, 05:57:17 PM »
From the shape of the fruit, meyer lemon...

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Re: Plant ID
« Reply #14 on: January 16, 2017, 08:46:56 PM »
When it blooms this spring is will smell wonderful ! Meyer blooms smell better than any other citrus blooms that I've smelled. All bees including carpenter bees, if you have them, will show up and they seem deliriously happy to me. Tom

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Re: Plant ID
« Reply #15 on: January 16, 2017, 09:36:53 PM »
I have heard of a giant key lime
I have very good fruit. They're huge!

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Re: Plant ID
« Reply #16 on: January 16, 2017, 09:39:39 PM »
I have very good fruit. They're huge!

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Re: Plant ID
« Reply #17 on: January 17, 2017, 12:57:00 AM »
From the shape of the fruit, meyer lemon...
Thanks, Laaz.

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Re: Plant ID
« Reply #18 on: January 17, 2017, 01:00:29 AM »
I have heard of a giant key lime
I've heard that too but the fruits look round in shape and the pulp is yellow-greenish.

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Re: Plant ID
« Reply #19 on: January 17, 2017, 01:11:24 AM »
When it blooms this spring is will smell wonderful ! Meyer blooms smell better than any other citrus blooms that I've smelled. All bees including carpenter bees, if you have them, will show up and they seem deliriously happy to me. Tom
Tom, I didn't notice any difference in the smell before maybe because I usually have all my trees blooming together in the spring and the smell gets all mixed up and is just wonderful. Can't wait when the blooming time begins.  Though I've noticed some flowers on my Pink lemon and Navel orange.

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Re: Plant ID
« Reply #20 on: January 17, 2017, 01:46:47 AM »
Looks like a lemon to me. No scale on the pictures but they look too big for Mexican limes. Yellow limes are overripe and drop off the tree soon after turning yellow so it would be unlikely to find a tree with just yellow limes and none on the ground.
Identification may have been confused in the translation since the Mexican names for the two fruits are almost exchanged with the English words. Lima is a Mexican Lemon and Limon is a Mexican Lime. Perhaps the label said "Mexican Lima" - with an "a" at the end.
Here is a picture of my Mexican Limes. The close-up shot distorts the image a little so the fruit appears a bit larger than they should relative to the scale. The larger green and yellow limes are about 1.25" long. The green one is the one to eat and has greenish juice. The yellow ones are slightly sweeter but have a slightly unpleasant bitter aftertaste. The juice looks brown. I've also included a leaf. My Mexican friends can identify citrus trees just by looking at the leaves. The big distinction, other than size is the web along the leaf stem. On some citrus it is almost like a second leaf. On the lime it is barely noticeable and on my lemon it isn't there at all.


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Re: Plant ID
« Reply #21 on: January 17, 2017, 10:59:54 AM »
Lime leaves are more rounded at the tip, whereas Meyer lemon leaves are more pointed.

 

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