Another vining Ficus species to consider is F. villosa. Here are a couple of pictures:
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j174/boogaloo123/Foliage%20plants/Ficusvillosa1.jpg http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/175342/ Again, I'm not sure that it is this, but the foliage, from the picture submitted, does look somewhat different than the juvenile foliage of the F. pumila that I am used to seeing here in the US. Regards-- Ken Greby Palmetto Bay, FL USA --- On Wed, 10/1/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [indiantreepix:5210] Re: climbing Ficus To: "indiantreepix" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 11:39 AM It seems different from the climbing Fig- Ficus pumila. the climber in the picture seems to have winged petiole- although not very clear from the photo On Oct 1, 8:23 pm, Kenneth Greby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Satish-- > > I'm not sure that that is Ficus pumila, the most common climbing fig. There may be more than one climbing species, though they are in the minority. > > Regards-- > Ken Greby > Palmetto Bay, Florida USA > > --- On Wed, 10/1/08, satish phadke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: satish phadke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [indiantreepix:5208] climbing Ficus > To: "indiantreepix Indian" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 11:05 AM > > After writing about family Moraceae it reminded me of our visit to Someshwar wildlife sanctuary in Karnataka last year. Just near the entrance a botanist accompanying us showed us this so called climbing ficus and told us that it is the only climbing species of ficus.I want opinion from members about this. If anybody has any other information I would like to know it. > > Thanks in advance > Satish --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
