mike fons super spider fig

 

my friend mike fons (figfair.com) shared this pic with me of a fig he grew from a seed that came from a dried fig from yunnan china.  pretty sure that the dried fig was a ficus carica that was naturally pollinated by a wasp that emerged from a ficus johannis.  

black fig fly

pics for forum thread about bff in my hybrid figs 

rare fruit event

 https://www.raindanceseeds.com/

delicious dilemmas

 pics for thread in tropical fruit forum about which fruit has the greatest potential

orchid seed pods, sadly not a delicious dilemma.... 

new fig forum and fig hybrids

thrilled about a brand new fig forum supplied by fighunter downunder!

https://fighunter-downunder.com/

i really love that there's a category for breeding!!!  so wanted to share a couple seedlings of my fig hybrids that i'm particularly excited about... 

ficus racecar (racemosa x carica)

19 mar 2026

31 mar 2026

ficus oppcar (opposita x carica)

24 feb 2026

31 mar 2026

fig seeds

from one single ficus racemosa fig that i had pollinated with carica i counted just over 1000 seeds...

ficus opposita fig that i had pollinated with carica...

first figs forming on ficus opposita x carica seedling that i grafted onto carica stump in 45 gallon pot... 

pic taken 8 apr 2026 

donation survey: agaves vs aloes

 

aloe pseudorubroviolacea x arborescens