Large Ficus in front of the La Jolla Contemporary Museum
By Delonix1
15 Jan, 2009
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Yes...another large Ficus tree...this tree was very wide. I couldn't take a good pic of the whole tree. This is 1 of 3
Comments on this photo
Gilli it is amazing! I wish I had a better camera to take a full clear pic of the tree.
Marguerite, it's a piece of art. LOL Yes, it's located in front of the La Jolla contemporary museum.
16 Jan, 2009
Interesting tree, it looks alive!! Nice pic Delonix.
16 Jan, 2009
Panther,
Although I didn't take a photo of the top of the tree's leaves...yes, it's very much alive.
17 Jan, 2009
LOL, yes I know it's alive, but I meant it looked like some alienish object!!!
17 Jan, 2009
Panther,
I'm sure you have many banyan-type Ficus tree species that have all the aerial roots with many trunks in Fiji. Here in San Diego they grow very quickly even in our dry climate...however, in the wet tropics they would grow even faster and have more aerial roots.
18 Jan, 2009
Yes we do Delonix, but I haven't seen anything like this one before.
18 Jan, 2009
Panther,
Wow! I find that so unusual. In Hawaii -- there's so many Banyan-type Ficus..they grow like this one, however, much larger especially on the wetter sections of the Hawaiian Islands.
19 Jan, 2009
Amazing tree !
21 Jan, 2009
Well I guess I must have seen one but can't recall Delonix:-)
22 Jan, 2009
Marguerite,
This tree does have aerial roots...actually the next pic shows the trunks that have developed from the aerial roots. Many Ficus trees have aerial roots on extending branches and running along the main trunk like this tree.
Depending on the species indicates what the color of the trunk will be. Also, the genus Ficus has about 1000 species and many more hybrids. Sometimes they are impossible to identify because they hybridize in cultivation just like in the wild.
They are truly wonders of the plant kingdom!.
22 Jan, 2009
Amazing.
15 Jan, 2009