larke: thanks for pointing out that. i think you may be right - malus leaves should have serrated margins. goodstav: we do have a big mature surinam cherry here and the bonsai in question does resemble it. also, according to the information on this link http://fichas.infojardin.com/bonsai/eugenia-uniflora-manzana-de-agua-bonsai.htm, Eugenia uniflora can be trained as a bonsai and it has a common name in spanish as "manzana de agua", which might help explain why it was wrongly labeled as "apple". the origin of our bonsai is china, though...

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/2629/p1150265.jpg http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/7621/p1150264q.jpg ok this should be right...i hope

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Round & round she goes, where she stops?...nobody knowwws => I defer to anyone who has anything to back up their claim other than 'i'll take a stab at it' lol!' Good eye Al! I see the bean pod now SS =) google threw out some pretty cool pics of this, flowers are purdy too. I'm a looky-lou. I love bonsai but only study till my head hurts => Right now my head swims with informal & untrained material that I find beautiful in it's own right but can't help wanting to meddle. I tell my husband all the time, 'whaddaya want?...I'm a girl, a little unruly & not always helpful' haha. I'm 0 for 3 but I do enjoy the game!!