Four species, including: Luma apiculata Luma chequen Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families See text The Myrtales are an order of flowering plants placed within the rosid group of dicotyledons. ... Genera 130; see list The Myrtaceae or Myrtle family are a family of dicotyledon plants, placed within the order Myrtales. ...
Luma is a genus of four species of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, native to the Valdivian temperate rain forests of southwestern South America. They are shrubs or small trees with evergreen foliage and smooth red or orange bark, typically reaching 10-20 m tall and up to 1 m trunk diameter. The leaves are opposite, oval, 1-5 cm long and 0.5-3 cm broad, entire, glossy dark green, with a spicy scent if crushed. The flowers are 2 cm diameter with four white petals and numerous stamens; the fruit is a small purple or black berry 1 cm diameter. Genera 130; see list The Myrtaceae or Myrtle family are a family of dicotyledon plants, placed within the order Myrtales. ... The Valdivian temperate rain forests are a terrestrial ecoregion located on the west coast of southern South America, in Chile and extending into a small part of Argentina. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... A willow shrub A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 m tall. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth A tree can be defined as a large, perennial, woody plant. ... A Silver Fir shoot showing three successive years of retained leaves In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant which retains its leaves year-round, with each leaf persisting for more than 12 months. ... BARK (Bin r Automatisk Rel Kalkylator) was completed in February 1950 at a cost of 400. ... In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ... Wildflowers A flower is the reproductive organ of those plants classified as angiosperms (flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). ... Fruit stall in Barcelona, Spain. ... Several types of berries from the market, but none of these are true berries. ...
Plant sizes marked: 'Pruned especially for bonsai' means that the plant has been trained as a small tree with most of the lower branches preserved and the large upper branches pruned or removed.
These plants may also be grown out as landscape plants or larger bonsai with no detrimental effect.
For bonsai and plants remaining in nursery pots above ground, protection such as a cold frame or mulching or both is necessary to keep rootzone temperatures above 15F for most plants.
General information: Luma is an evergreenshrub with creamy, exfoliating bark; waxy, rounded,lemony scented leaves which grow to about one inch; and small, white flowers which bloom in mid to late summer.
Although unknown in the East, and very recently introduced into bonsai culture, Luma promises to be a highly desirable plant for bonsai use due to its attractiveness, ease of care, rapid trunk growth and good leaf reduction.
Luma's one drawback (if it could be called that) is its rapid growth, which makes frequent pruning a must.
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