tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post2352450261088147414..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: Random plant event: Ficus maclellandii flowersmr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-81953813325109874242007-12-15T21:19:00.000-08:002007-12-15T21:19:00.000-08:00Cool entry.There's a pretty nice documentary that ...Cool entry.<BR/><BR/>There's a pretty nice documentary that airs on PBS about the relationship that figs have with wasps and ants and now that I need to remember I can't think of the name of it.MrBrownThumbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11326733084344581944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-3031123886080068162007-12-14T15:29:00.000-08:002007-12-14T15:29:00.000-08:00I was under the impression that 'Alii' was a culti...I was under the impression that 'Alii' was a cultivar of <I>F. binnendijkii</I>. In this, I disagree with my growers' guide, which calls this plant <I>F. maclellandii</I> and gives "Alii" as the common name. The growers' guide doesn't mention <I>F. binnendijkii</I> at all, though, so I'm inclined to think there's only one species involved here, whatever it's actual name is.<BR/><BR/>I went with <mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-20164510565796805892007-12-14T14:44:00.000-08:002007-12-14T14:44:00.000-08:00That's pretty cool. I've seen the fruits on some m...That's pretty cool. I've seen the fruits on some mature F. benjaminas, but never on a binnendijkii. Actually, I would have guessed from the photo that that was an 'alii'. How do you tell them apart?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com