Hi All,

I picked an 'Aldo' (or 'Palmero Red') today and saw some petals (for the lack of a better description) where the stem meets the fig, which resembles the scales around the ostiole.  About half the figs remaining on the tree have the same characteristic.  All of them have 3 petals.  Some of the remaining figs on the trees (as well as some unripe figs on other trees) have similar shaped features, but are part of the skin of the fog (not separate and/or lifted from the surface of the fig, as the fig in the picture).  I do not remember seeing this on figs before, nor do I see this on the pictures of 'Aldo' that Leon has posted.  Has anyone noticed this?

Another characteristic, of 'Aldo' is the eye is recessed into the fig and is sealed with a drop of honey further up into the ostiol.  Furthermore, many of the figs are split at the eye, but the split doesn't go deep enough to invade and spoil the inside of the fig. 

~james

EDIT: I found the term "sepal".