Re: Ficus palmeri and a not so new intro :)
- Subject: Re: Ficus palmeri and a not so new intro :)
- From: J* D*
- Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 13:11:09 -0700 (PDT)
Here's my question: where did he get his hands on a
Ficus columnaris? Such a beautiful tree, and one I
would love to obtain for San Francisco!
Cheers,
Jason
--- Doobieous <doobieous@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- david feix <davidfeix@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Barry,
> >
> > I don't think this Ficus will be too happy
> outdoors
> > in
> > your climate, so cold and foggy most of the summer
> > there in Seaside. It will probably be much
> happier
> > if
> > grown indoors in a greenhouse of sunny sunporch,
> > where
> > the ambient temps are more agreeable to it. It
> > definitely prefers dry heat to cool damp fog.
>
>
> Well, i'm keeping it in a pot, and in a very bright
> room, so we'll see what happens. If it likes heat, i
> suspect it will grow, albeit slowly. But, i'll keep
> it
> watered in summer, and then dry the rest of the
> year.
>
>
>
> Anyway, speaking of figs, there's a guy in Modesto
> who
> has a Ficus macrophylla var. columnaris (Lord Howe
> Island Fig I think) and the thing has already sent
> out
> aerial roots from the lower part of the trunk. In
> 100
> F. central valley dry heat.
>
> You can see it here:
> http://www.cloudforest.com/cafe/forum/7016.html
>
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