Tree growing on telephone poll

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Figfinatic

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Posted 1469331460 · Edited	Reply with quote #1

Here's a tree that's I've been watching growing on top of a telephone poll. Been growing for about 2 years in Hawaii. I don't know what kind of tree this is but this is what you find when you are a plant nut looking around for fig trees. Attached Images image.jpeg (991.73 KB, 189 views) __________________ Wish: Sbayi, passiflora incense, quadrangularis or others

Tonycm

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Posted 1469332041	Reply with quote #2

That's a first. I've seen trees growing in gutters but never on top a telephone pole. If it gets any bigger the wind will probably take it down. __________________ Zone 6a Sarver, PA Wish list; Rafed's Genovese Nero

Figfinatic

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Posted 1469337245	Reply with quote #3

The wind in this valley gets real strong. It knocks over trash bins all the time. The trees here don't break easily at all. __________________ Wish: Sbayi, passiflora incense, quadrangularis or others

Figinfever

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Posted 1469363010	Reply with quote #4

Wow! Talk about extending your reach by standing on the shoulders of tall giants. I hope it survives and bears fruit. __________________ Dan, West Central FL 9a Wishlist- Great tasting dark or light figs with deep red interiors: White Madeira, Craven's Craving, Portugal Black Madeira, Sultani, Violeta, USDA Black Ischia, Dall'Osso, CdDB or CdDB-N

Sas

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Posted 1469365670	Reply with quote #5

The heavy rains could be providing it with all the nutrition that it needs, which means that it could keep on going on for a while. __________________ Sas from North Austin TX Zone 8B Wish list: Becane

Figinfever

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Posted 1469366368	Reply with quote #6

To be able to thrive mostly from just rain and sunshine is amazing. Another example of fig tree's resilience. __________________ Dan, West Central FL 9a Wishlist- Great tasting dark or light figs with deep red interiors: White Madeira, Craven's Craving, Portugal Black Madeira, Sultani, Violeta, USDA Black Ischia, Dall'Osso, CdDB or CdDB-N

Elfarach

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Posted 1469376694	Reply with quote #7

That's hilarious!! __________________ Simon C. So. Cal (El Monte) Zone 10a Wish list: Adriatic JH, Raspberry Latte, Violet de Sollies, Col de Dame Black, Ischia Black, Takoma Violet

Figfinatic

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Posted 1469384214	Reply with quote #8

I don't know if this is a fig tree but would be great if it were. Hopefully the city won't chop it down. It's fun watching how big this gets. It is paradise here, raining almost daily but then the sun comes out and there are rainbows. Colorful birds everywhere and even some escaped parrots fly around. The sound at night and morning is truly tropical rainforest jungle like . __________________ Wish: Sbayi, passiflora incense, quadrangularis or others

Figinfever

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Posted 1469385041	Reply with quote #9

Quote: Originally Posted by Figfinatic I don't know if this is a fig tree but would be great if it were... I have fig trees on my mind so any tree that behaves strange and is versatile it automatically equates as fig. : ) It may not be a fig tree but behaves strangely enough to be an honorary member if it isn't. __________________ Dan, West Central FL 9a Wishlist- Great tasting dark or light figs with deep red interiors: White Madeira, Craven's Craving, Portugal Black Madeira, Sultani, Violeta, USDA Black Ischia, Dall'Osso, CdDB or CdDB-N

adoresfigs45

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Posted 1469401513	Reply with quote #10

fignatic could it be a papaya? That would be logical. bird could have perched up there or there could have been a nest up there in the past with enough debris and droppings to start a plant.

GregMartin

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Posted 1469401920	Reply with quote #11

Wow, the telephone poles/plants around my house are slackers! If it does produce fruit it'll definitely be fruit for the birds (and line workers). Thanks for the great picture. __________________ zone 5 Maine Seeking: Saint Martin, Naples White, Black Tuscan, Bécane, French Alps, Abruzzi, Tenica, Wild Mountain Figs from the coldest corners (Iranian, Turkish or other...would love seeds too)

schaplin

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Posted 1469403935	Reply with quote #12

wow that's pretty funny looking! __________________ Wish List: @Hmari, @Maltese beauty, @Col de Dame Grise, @Bryant Dark, @Lynhurst White, @Melcedonia Dark, @Panevino Dark, @Paradiso

Figfinatic

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Posted 1469486980	Reply with quote #13

It could be a papaya. The shape sort of fits with leaves only at the top and no branches. Someday, I will have to get a zoom or binoculars and look more closely. __________________ Wish: Sbayi, passiflora incense, quadrangularis or others

chucklikestofish

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Posted 1469489934 · Edited	Reply with quote #14

Quote: Originally Posted by Figfinatic Here's a tree that's I've been watching growing on top of a telephone poll. Been growing for about 2 years in Hawaii. I don't know what kind of tree this is but this is what you find when you are a plant nut looking around for fig trees. ~I FIXED PICTURE FOR YOU HOPE YOU DON'T MIND THIS IS SOMETHING ,THANKS,~ __________________

chucklikestofish

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Posted 1469490033	Reply with quote #15

Quote: Originally Posted by chucklikestofish ~I FIXED PICTURE FOR YOU HOPE YOU DON'T MIND THIS IS SOMETHING ,THANKS,~ ~HOW YOU GOING TO GET IT ?~ __________________

jdsfrance

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Posted 1469539423	Reply with quote #16

Hi, It ain't root suckering So it is no figtree ;) Funny. The funniest I've seen was a tree growing in between the branches of another one ... at 3m/10' of height ... No dirt there either ... __________________ ------------------------ Climate from -25°C to + 35°C Only cold hardy figtrees can make it here

Figinfever

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Posted 1469540055	Reply with quote #17

Quote: Originally Posted by jdsfrance Hi, It ain't root suckering So it is no figtree ;) Funny. The funniest I've seen was a tree growing in between the branches of another one ... at 3m/10' of height ... No dirt there either ... I've seen pictures of it in the forum and found out that the host fig tree had some kind of wood rotting fungus but survives and the parasite fig tree roots in the rotten wood. Both eventually root into soil and one is wearing the other like a living coat. That's part of the reason why I mistakenly identify it as a fig tree at first. __________________ Dan, West Central FL 9a Wishlist- Great tasting dark or light figs with deep red interiors: White Madeira, Craven's Craving, Portugal Black Madeira, Sultani, Violeta, USDA Black Ischia, Dall'Osso, CdDB or CdDB-N

Figfinatic

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Posted 1469588422	Reply with quote #18

Thanks Chucklikestofish. How do you embed the picture into the post. For some reason i could do it before, but no longer. Only works as an attachment. When I attach, it looks fine, but after it's attached, it goes sideways. __________________ Wish: Sbayi, passiflora incense, quadrangularis or others

chucklikestofish

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Posted 1469591164	Reply with quote #19

Quote: Originally Posted by Figfinatic Thanks Chucklikestofish. How do you embed the picture into the post. For some reason i could do it before, but no longer. Only works as an attachment. When I attach, it looks fine, but after it's attached, it goes sideways. ~i added the picture in my pictures ,in there is a place where you can rotate them,then i added it from my pictures back in the reply thats all ~ __________________

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