a Schefflera arboricola cultivar with unusually divided leaves

[Eric in Orlando]

Yesterday I came across and purchased an unusual form of Schefflera arboricola. It is a green cultivar and has very unusual leaves. Some are very shallowly divided, others unevenly. There was no name on the tag. Anyone seen this one or know which it might be? Can Schefflera cross with Fatsia ?

[Eric in Orlando]

"normal" foliage on some variegated cultivars

'Dazzler'

'Ivory'

'Moondrop'

[Eric in Orlando]

I tracked it down, its a patented cultivar called 'Fan'. It was a naturally occuring mutation.

http://www.patentgenius.com/patent/PP17057.html

[ariscott]

very cool, Eric... Do you know how big do they get??

Regards, Ari

[FRITO]

cool!

was it priced like a normal abricola?

[Eric in Orlando]

They probably get 6-10ft like most of the forms do.

It was the same price as the others are.

[Zeeth]

This would be neat to turn into the banyan style that is done some times with Schefflera arboricola. The leaves look more like a real tree than the normal form, so it'd be nicer I think...