Can you tell me

[bubba]

Doing a drive-by and saw this strange Ficus variety.It has weirdly long almost fluffy leaves:

[paulgila]

its HUGE,dats what it is!

[bubba]

Huge it's dat!

[Eric in Orlando]

Do you have a closeup of the foliage? It kind of looks like Ficus lyrata, Fiddleleaf Fig.

[Eric in Orlando]

Do you have a closeup of the foliage? It kind of looks like Ficus lyrata, Fiddleleaf Fig.

[MattyB]

It does look like F. lyrata except it seems like there's a tiny pointed tip to the leaves. Hard to tell exactly what it is from the long distance shot.

[bubba]

Thank you.I will get a better shot.

[DoomsDave]

Looks like you raced by in your car, like I so often do . . . . .l

Specatcular tree, though.

[John Case]

Moreton Bay Fig? (Ficus macrophylla)

Large leaves due to the Florida environment, perhaps.....not quite enough humidity to develop aerial roots, or maybe they have been cut out.

Doesn't have the look of the F. retusa

I m not sure....of anything.

[LJG]

I agree - Ficus lyrata

[bubba]

This specimen is definitely a Ficus lyrata(Fiddleleaf Fig).I will get a better shot.It is interesting because it does not form the aerial roots that are attendant to most Ficus in our area.We also have numerous Moreton Figs but most of our Ficus in this area are the Banyan sort.It is a different look for a Ficus.

[fastfeat]

Ficus lyrata.

[epicure3]

Is that a small Magnolia to the left of the ficus? I din't think that they were planted in S. Florida due to soil issues?

[spockvr6]

Is that a small Magnolia to the left of the ficus? I din't think that they were planted in S. Florida due to soil issues?

My guess is that its a lanky Croton?

[Walt]

Yes, it looks like a very nice Ficus lyrata to me. They are few and far between in my area of Florida, where they only grow to any nice extent near the lakes, where freezes are less seldom, like this one below:

[bubba]

Walt,What can't you find up there!

[Walt]

Walt,What can't you find up there!

Bubba: The fact is, there are some nice zone 10a (and 10b some winters) microclimates here in zone 9a/b. Most microclimates are adjacent to a large lake, say the S.E. side; that's where that particular F. lyrata was growing (I say was as the tree was destroyed by Hurricane Jeanne). However, the highest ground along the Lake Wales Ridge (mostly in the town areas) also have warmer nighttime temperatures. The highest ground was actually the best locations (even more than around the lakes) to be in during last January's 3-night radiational freezes. There was no freezes on high ground.

Here's another Ficus lyrata growing one block east of Lake Grassy in the Sun N Lakes subdivision, just south of the town of Lake Placid. I sniff and ferret out all the zone 10 stuff around here!