Ficus plant Green Gem

Abstract

A Ficus retusa nitida Green Gem plant which is defined by an upright, compact, foliage system wherein the limbs and branches are well hidden by the full foliage which has thick leathery leaves, the upper surfaces of the leaves having a very glossy finish of an ivy-green color, and wherein the nodes are spaced in close proximity to each other along the branches and stems. The branches are bushy and bear finely shredding brown bark, and there are slender aerial roots produced near the base of the plant. The leaves are relatively elliptic and have an attenuated apex with an acute base structure, the margin thereof being revolute and undulating.

I claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinct variety of Ficus retusa nitida plant substantially as shown and described, characterized by its compact growth of foliage which has thick leathery leaves, particularly when the leaves are matured, the upper surfaces of the leaves having a very-glossy, ivy-green color, and the nodes being spaced in close proximity with each other along the branches and stems, with its older, relatively husky branches bearing finely shreading brown bark, compared to the concrete gray of Ficus retusa nitida, and producing slender aerial roots near the base of the plant, the configuration of the leaves being relatively elliptic with an attenuate-accuminate apex, and an acute base structure, with the margin thereof being revolute and undulating.