I recently received my Ficus Afghanistanica after looking for one in canada for almost a year with no luck I found a nursery in the US that would actually ship to canada and here it is, definatley different.

Hi Nelson,
 im curious now how that will compare to the Afghan A in the future.

Martin im not expecting much from the Ficus Afhganistanica as in fig production more of an ornamental plant , but it sure will be nice growing the Afghan A and this one side by side.

Martin here is the Afghan A transfered to a 1G pot yesterday and thank you for making it possible.

Definitely don't look like the leaves on my F Afghanistanica.

Got mine from Forestfarm in oregon, leaves will probably change over the next couple months I hope.

Oh my gosh thats great.
 Still waiting on my 2sticks to do something i might be able to start collecting social security in 10 years first !
My hats off to you Nelson !

I started an Afghan A as a cutting last year and didn't grow much all summer and then in september it decided to grow about 8" or so.

Will keep my eyes on it this year.

The top photos definitely don't look like my F. afghanistanicas either. The leaves on mine are much more divided and serrated. I had three plants-- one from Forest Farm which looked exactly like yours but it died a couple of years ago for no reason I could find, and two that were purchased here in Texas--one at The Antique Rose Emporium and one at a local, small nursery. These two look identical to eachother with leaves much more divided and serrated than those in your pics.

The one I got from Forest Farm lived for about 3 years and never got leaves that resemble the other two I have now. Also, the 'trunk' and branches, if you can call them that, on my two remaining ones are much more slender than what your pictures show. Mine have never formed figs, but I am not really expecting them to. I just have them in with my other ficus varieties.

Back when I bought the one from Forest Farm, there was some question about the origin of their 'strain' of F. afghanistanica because the one I bought from them did not resemble at all the other two I had, and I had emailed them with some questions and concerns. If I recall correctly, the seed was supposed to have come from someone in Georgia (???) who brought it back from the middle east and gave seed to various people.  I don't recall all the details, it's been too long, but the man I spoke to at Forest Farm was concerned enough that he emailed me and said he was going to research his seed origin further.

As far as I have been able to determine, the two I have that I purchased as F. afghanistanica do match other photos online, so I am reasonably sure the ones I have were identified correctly.

Also, they don't resemble the pic of the Afghan A at all.

I really NEED to figure out how to get pictures from my camera to the computer to here---it would be so much easier than trying to explain.

Last week I was on some website that had 3 different ficus afghanistanicas for sale this a nursery in the US i should of saved the link.

Found this link wich has leaves like mine, but I do agree most of the pics I have seen have the leaves like Jons plant more of a papaya leaf look instead of the leaf I have.

http://www.arthurleej.com/p-o-m-Aug08.html

Thank you for that link, it explains a great deal. It has been written since I originally got my plants. I got the two I still have in 2003, and the one from Forest Farm in I believe 2004 or 2005.