Globular flowers look like fruits
Under ideal conditions with perfect care at the optimal Location, a Ficus benjamina can be moved to a flower. As a rule, the tropical green plant takes between 5 and 10 years before it delights us with its first flowering period. These properties distinguish a Benjamini flower:
- Flowering time is between August and November
- In the leaf axils, spherical inflorescences develop
- One inflorescence is glossy green with a diameter of 1.5 cm
- Male and female flowers thrive separately from each other
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What at first glance looks like a fruit is actually a blossom on a Benjamini. This can be a male flower with pollen, a finished or a sterile female flower. The male flowers can be recognized by their free sepals and a stamen on a short stem. Female flowers grow sessile with sepals and a round ovary.
No fruit without natural pollinators
The weeping fig bears fruit in its tropical and subtropical habitats because special pollinator insects are native there. These know how to get into the tiny opening of a female, fertile flower in order to transfer the pollen there. Since there are no pollinators in Central Europe to pick a weeping fig on the balcony visit, you will look in vain for the orange stone fruits.
Manual fertilization, as is possible with other houseplants, has no prospect of success on a Ficus benjamina. In the absence of ripe fruits with germinable seeds, this is limited Multiplication a weeping fig using the cuttings method.
Tips
If you come across a fruit-bearing weeping fig on holiday, you should refrain from snacking on the small, ripe stone fruits. In contrast to the real fig (Ficus carica), the slightly poisonous ingredients of a weeping fig (Ficus benjamina) will make you feel uncomfortable.
