FICUS DELTOIDEA
Mistletoe Fig

 

This large shrub or small tree with aerial roots often begins its life as an epiphyte but is not a banyan. It grows only 20 feet or so in height and is more often found as a shrub than a tree, even in nature. Indeed, it is usually seen as a large cascading epiphytic shrub on large trees, thus one of the common names of mistletoe fig. It is a spreading and somewhat sprawling shrub with slender zigzagging branches. The bark is gray and what trunk there is slender and usually leaning. The leaf shape is probably the most variable in the whole genus and ranges from elliptical or lanceolate to obovate or spatulate, the two latter shapes being more common than the two former. Only the spatulate-shaped leaf form is regularly sold and cultivated. The 3-inch-long leaves are dark green thick and leathery, almost succulent, and the ends of the spatulate-shaped leaves are usually provided with a shallow notch. The plant loves warmth and humidity, and produces picturesque aerial roots under such conditions.
Also makes a great houseplant.




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