ficus_trickus
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Hello, I was on vacation in Kassandra, Greece in the first two weeks of October and I used my time to search for caprifigs. As I haven't seen any ripe female figs, I assumed that their fruiting season is mostly over. I only saw some fig fruits being sold on the market, but I assume that these are some late ripers. In Germany where I live, female trees are still in production, but that is possibly because temperatures are not as warm as in Greece. I don't know if this assumption is right, though.
Anyway, I came across 5 trees that still had young fruits on their branches and no filled endocarps (to my eye) and collected cuttings. I assumed that since female trees were likely to be out of production these should be males with a higher likelihood. Unfortunately, as I lack of any experience with caprifigs, I'm not sure whether I picked the right trees. Also, the fruits were quite young. That makes it harder to identify them. Can somebody experienced here help me with the sex identification? - I haven't found any wasps on the trees or associated to the fruits. Maybe they were not ripe enough? And was it too windy?
Please have a look at the pictures I took of the fruits. You'll find the respective name/place of the collected specimen indicated in the pictures (Fourka, Kallithea, Kryopigi, Kryopigi 2 and Paliouri Beach).
Interestingly the figs from the specimen collected in Kallithea were relatively hollow and had long "stalks". I don't really know how to make sense of that. Could it be a F. carica x pseudocarica hybrid? I know there is some confusion regarding the species identification (waynesword). - Also, Kryopigi 1 looks very different.
Thank you!
Anyway, I came across 5 trees that still had young fruits on their branches and no filled endocarps (to my eye) and collected cuttings. I assumed that since female trees were likely to be out of production these should be males with a higher likelihood. Unfortunately, as I lack of any experience with caprifigs, I'm not sure whether I picked the right trees. Also, the fruits were quite young. That makes it harder to identify them. Can somebody experienced here help me with the sex identification? - I haven't found any wasps on the trees or associated to the fruits. Maybe they were not ripe enough? And was it too windy?
Please have a look at the pictures I took of the fruits. You'll find the respective name/place of the collected specimen indicated in the pictures (Fourka, Kallithea, Kryopigi, Kryopigi 2 and Paliouri Beach).
Interestingly the figs from the specimen collected in Kallithea were relatively hollow and had long "stalks". I don't really know how to make sense of that. Could it be a F. carica x pseudocarica hybrid? I know there is some confusion regarding the species identification (waynesword). - Also, Kryopigi 1 looks very different.
Thank you!
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