Gloria
Did you ask to buy Black Madeira or Black Mission?
I asked for Black Madeira but the cuttings I received has a white-moss-like on the bark. A household in my vicinity has an old Black Mission and the bark has the same white-moss-like appearance. Time will tell. At the moment the cuttings are beginning to root.

Tim, those leaves look identical to my BMadeira from UCDavis... very cute, hope you are on the right path.. Best luck.

Haha lol Grasa thats the first cute fig tree I've had!  It's blushing.  Thanks, hopefully it will survive the winter in our dry home.  A bunch of the cuttings had real strong root development but this is the only one that has put out leaves.  I potted the ones with good roots even though they don't have leaves yet, we'll see if that was a mistake.  One has a little mold because I covered them with a bag for humidity.  Hope yall have the same great and hopeful signs!  FWIW, I've been talking to Victor, aka, PVSUCCESS19 and he seems genuinely interested in figs and seems to have caught the fig fever.  I have far less concern than previously and if they don't pan out, it's just as likely that he bought them as the varieties he's advertising and they just weren't what he was told, because he doesn't seem to know a ton.

I think He said he got his plants a couple years ago from a local grower who has stopped selling.  So not sure he would know one from the other personally.  Again, seems genuinely nice though.

timmy
It is not a question of judging but at the beginning I was looking for references and later reassurance.
When we do not know and we admit it, there is nothing wrong if we inquire and ask questions around us.
That is how I found out about many good people but also about tyty.

Well said, editing my post.

Sal,
I bought only Black Maderia... glad to see yours are looking correct, he emailed me right after I got them letting me know if there was any problem just to contact him..

Some of my other varieties are getting roots. Will update with pics if they push out leaves.

I have to admit that the cuttings were fresh and now they are rooting really well but I guess we will have to wait and once they fruit we will be able to establish with certainty if we got the "real thing".

Just a quick update since I imagine a bunch of people are going to be looking back at this post suddenly ;)  ...
The leaves on the plant pictured above have continued to develop and still look very similar to pics I've seen of BM leaves.  I'll post an update pic when I have a chance.  Also, one other plant has a leaf that I'll post here.  It's a three lobed leaf.

Some cuttings grew well... others not so much.

He emailed me a few weeks ago desperately seeking cuttings, right away, to replenish his trees, which he says were lost in the fire.  I told him that he would have to wait until the fall, because all my new growth is too green to take cuttings.  He said OK, and I haven't heard from him since.  He was a little bit pushy about it at first, but I guess I might be too if I had lost all my trees in a fire.

He went to Sue's last week I believe.  I'll mention this thread to Sue.

I invited Victor and his wife Maria up to my place to get some of my excess trees too Paul. They were evacuated in the recent fires and lost 10 of their new starts. The older trees I believe survived. I gave them 6; Green Ischia, Dominicks (I have 5), LSU Purple, Black Greek (I have 5), Genoa, and I forget the other. They were very nice and very thankful for what I had to give...and excited to get more. Maria was a bit horrified that I live where I live and live alone...aren't you afraid of snakes? Hahaha, no I'm not. You're not on city water? Ah, no I'm not. It was funny: city girl vs country girl.

Thank you for your multiple courtesies, I am continuing my effort to expand fig collection, Sue was generous beyond call of duty.  Feel free to reach out to me in the future for anything you need. I will be at the Fig Fiesta in August.