Sunday, April 6, 2008

More Ficus deltoidea


This is the form given by my friend, supposedly from lowland of Kinabalu. It looks very different from the forms I have seen - having bluish waxy figs and long paddle shaped leaves. This fig is very variable and has been known to occur from lowlands up to 3000m asl. According to Corner, there are 13 varieties of this interesting species :

1. var.deltoidea
2. var. angustifolia (MIQ.)CORNER
f. angustissima CORNER
3. var. arenaria CORNER
4. var. bilobata CORNER
5. var. borneensis CORNER
f. subhirsuta CORNER
6. var. intermedia CORNER
7. var. kunstleri (KING) CORNER
8. var. lutescens (DESF) CORNER
f. longipedunculata CORNER
f. subsessilis (MIQ.)CORNER
9. var. motleyana (MIQ.)CORNER
10.var. oligoneura (MIQ.) CORNER
11. var. peltata CORNER
12. var. trengganuensis CORNER
13. var. kinabaluensis (Stapf) CORNER

Ref : Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, Volume 256, Issue 808, pp. 281-317 (Nov 1969)

7 comments:

Hermes said...

What an amazing plant. If I had seen that picture on its own I would have said it was Mistletoe. It's snowing here, so good to see something tropical.

Hort Log said...

Yes this is an unusual fig - smallish and ornamental. I hope to collect more forms of this.

Hermes said...

Ficus triangularis which looks very similar is shown flowering on

http://plantsarethestrangestpeople.blogspot.com/

Its fantastic the plants that you are featuring.

Hort Log said...

triangularis is from Africa (I think). I had a plant once. It has bigger leaves and no black dots below the leaves and yellow dots at top of the leaves. Deltoidea has nicer venations too.

Esther Montgomery said...

The photo looks like embroidery.

Esther Montgomery
ESTHER IN THE GARDEN

tulear said...

Can you get me a copy of this paper? Ref : Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, Volume 256, Issue 808, pp. 281-317 (Nov 1969)

Hort Log said...

WJ, unforunately I do not hav it ....

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