Things are getting quite interesting with my (wild?) caprifig. Some of the profichi figs have started to ripen: changed color to brown, drooping, and getting soft.
Two pictures attached:
- Ripening fig on the tree
- Half syconium cut radially to expose more of the inside.
As expected, the stamens are more mature with distinguishable anthers. No sign of pollen yet, which I think should be the case, given the wasps have yet to morph and leave the syconium.
A large number of short-styled pistillates have their ovules brown and plump or galled. I am assuming they all contain wasp larvae that will soon (in a couple of weeks) morph into male and female wasps.
It would be unlikely these are seeds, but possible if there is another caprifig in the neighborhood with mature pollen releasing its last batch of wasps.
In any case, I will be watching closely…
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