some pics for don

 two heads are better than one...

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pics at la arboretum taken 16 june 2023 

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ficus coronata at uc riverside botanic garden

ficus auriculata san marcos

ficus virgata?

Ficus iteophylla?

ficus hispida 

capulin cherry san marcos

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grafts on carica

subgenus synoecia

ficus pumila on upside down carica cutting

ficus pumila on carica seedling 

subgenus sycidium

ficus opposita 

same plant, partial graft separation after tape removal, but still alive

ficus opposita figs (male)

subgenus ficus 

ficus erecta 

pic from last summer of tannoensis, gasparriniana, aff heterophylla, and formosana 

closer pic 

more recent pic, formosona on right with figs (female)

closer pic 

ficus vaccinioides

aff heterophylla

closer

subgenus sycamorus 

ficus auriculata (failed shortly after)

ficus dammaropsis (failed shortly after)

ficus sycomorus cocculifolia, very happy

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anthurium ottonis 

ficus carica pollen for hybridization attempts 

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ficus fun

3 different forms of ficus carica crossed with pumila

last year my hybrid produced a single fig

guessing it's male

definite male carica fig with wasps 

ficus pumila fig, pretty sure it's female

ficus pumila i recently grafted onto carica

ficus erecta grafted onto carica

ficus erecta fig guessing it's female

ficus vaccinioides grafted onto carica

ficus tannoensis, gasparriniana, cf heterophylla, and formosana on carica

closer pic of tannoensis, cf heterophylla, and formosana on carica

more recent pic of same graft

ficus formosana with figs

ficus tannoensis

ficus cf heterophylla

ficus cf heterophylla

ficus opposita with male figs 

ficus opposita grafted onto carica

ficus opposita with figs grafted onto large carica

ficus auriculata with figs

ficus auriculata red leaf variety with figs

my ficus auriculata

ficus auriculata grafted onto carica, failed shortly afterwards

ficus sycomorus cocculifolia grafted onto carica

ficus sycomorus

begonia and gesneriad

begonia lanceolata mounted...

 petrocosmea cryptica (gesneriad) mounted...

yup

ficus rubiginosa exposed root phorophyte

 2003

2007

2013

2018 

2023

a couple echeveria rosea hybrids

echeveria rosea 

echeveria rosea x gibbiflora 

echeveria rosea x coccinea

echeveria coccinea 

bundle i attached to the top of my tree...

yup yup