Certainly originated from a fertile seed dropped by a bird (?), this robust Caprifig sitting in a corner of an old house in ruin, provides enough wasps and pollen to caprificate many edible figs in the neighborhood.
The fruit seen on the pictures belong to the Profichi crop, on last year's wood, just like the previous winter crop (the Mamme)

This figs carry inside hundreds of wasps maturing in the short styled pistillate flowers ( the galls) as well as a 'bush' of male flowers just under the ostiole where the precious pollen originates.

In about 60 days, if all goes well, the caprification process of the surrounding edible varieties, Common and Smyrna, will hopefully start.

   
 
 
 
 
 

Francisco
Portugal

Great pictures, great info. Thank you Francisco.

I wish we had these in Louisiana. They really are beautiful

Very nice, Francisco! 
I missed this time of the year when you make us all jealous :)

Hi Lampo,
Science is so that some sacrifice need to be done.
2 months are 8 weeks, one fig cut in the middle per week, that would be 8 figs cut for us to follow the wasps developing in their nests ... Just saying, that this could be fun for all of us
to follow such a photo reportage ...
It is up to you ... In my Zone7, I'll never get to see that film in the wild ...

Thank you all for your comments.

@jds,
This is a great idea. But, no need for more scrifices.. Done enough!
The pictures are from last year and/or the year before ..hope you will be happy

Soon this Profichis will get more mature,  their colors will be more marked, the male flower 'bushes' will be more visible, all around  the fruit just under the ostiole,  .. the galls will gain size, m as this picture shows.




By the time it's ripe, the fig will soften as any edible fig on the exterior and inside the pollen will detach from the main flowers and dust the entire cavity with the typical golden hue from the pollen as in this picture. Some wasps may have already abandoned the fig through the ostiole through a tunnel excavated by the male wasps barely seen on this picture..

 

Here, it is clearly visible the short tunnel that enabled the insects to exit the fig carrying their load of eggs for the next generation of wasps, with their bodies smeared with pollen.

 

Francisco
Portugal

Very educational!
I hope in years to come I will have my own baby wasps to care for!

Thanks so much for again sharing your photography and knowledge, Francisco

Francisco thanks for getting me jelous :) . Still no luck here setting up my colony.
Probably need to bring a caprifig near my male.

Ed, Eli..
Than you for looking and commenting my thread.

Eli, how did it develop ? How big is it ? Any fruit ? We have just passed the 'occupation' of the new Profichi crop. Most of the crop is already established and growing very fast now.

I assume that in your grounds the timing will be very similar to ours..
May I suggest you closely follow-up the next sprouting of caprifigs on that same tree (the Mammoni).
This will occur around July (sometimes a bit later) . These figs appear right on some of the leaf axils, just like any smyrna or common, and need to be caprified.  Keep this in mind and through the first half of June try and bring in mature Profichi and spread them on your figs....the insect will find the mammoni.
Hopefully you will 'prime' the process. The garden may have what you need.
I know it will not be easy
Good luck
Francisco
Portugal