Ficus dammaropsis - Dinner Plate Fig

• 18 Sep, 2008
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This has the largest leaves of any Ficus I know of...the leaves measure more 3 feet long and almost 3 feet wide. They are also the most expensive fig one can purchase here in California. One of these trees can set you back between 500 and 1,000 dollars. They are very difficult to propagate...only by air-layering. In New Guinea where they are native, there's a wasp that pollinates the figs so they can become viable.