Wisley

[Paul S]

Well, I'm confused. Doesn't take much. That pic of wardii, not the herbarium, looks like what I've always called delavayi. So maybe the oak laef thing is delavayi after all. Or something else. :)

But, yes, like you I have the Crug trevesioides and it doesn't look like it could possibly grow into the Wisley plant. But maybe Crug got the name wrong. It has been known.

Wisley - did anyone by chance snap a pic of the Oplopanax horridus in the jungly bit near the tree stump Tyranosaurus?

[Chad]

Daft question.

It is thick and glossy leaf and not just a wet thin one?

Chad

[Paul S]

I sent a link of the picture to Remko and he came back straight away with delavayi. he also made the point that it is already a big established plant and other more exotic species that resemble delavayi wouldn't have been available when that was planted. The RHS aren't exactly innovators when it comes to getting new material.

[charlie]

I have a feeling delavayi is what we were told but I was a bit behind the main group at that point,

[Chad]

From Trees and Shrubs on line John Grimshaw says...

In international trade S. delavayi has regrettably become confused with another species that has huge, deeply pinnatisect mature leaves – a quite magnificent plant, but not S. delavayi, in which only juvenile leaves show any sign of deep lobing. Unfortunately this plant appears with some frequency in internet searches for Schefflera delavayi (for example, Nature Products 2000–2008). Whatever it is, it would be worth cultivating!

I think this is the 'unknown' one!

Hopefully it will flower and the seed will be widely distributed.

Chad

[Paul S]

That would be nice.

[AndyC]

What is the plant in your picture 114310?

I'm glad I asked, it has been quite entertaining :)
Whatever it is, i want one.

[Paul S]

I believe we are forming a queue over to the left here... :)

[John P]

Charlie thanks for posting the pictures. It was a great day out and good to see you and other EPS forum members I had not seen for years, mainly due to Covid. I have been away in Greece where it was almost impossible to use the Internet and have only just caught up with this and other forum postings.

John