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Help!! please can you identify this plant

Last post 07-11-2009 6:00 PM by Silver surfer. 1 replies.

• 07/11/2009 05:02 PM
  emmanewman Location: london Joined on: 07 Nov 2009 Posts: 1	Reply | Contact http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt65/newmanemma00/SDC11177.jpg I have attached pictures of a plant growing in my conservatory that has got to big, i have no idea what it is. I would like to cut the top out and try and propagate but not sure what the plant is or how to propagate. Can anyone help?

• 07/11/2009 06:00 PM

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  Silver surfer Location: South Wales. U.K. Joined on: 09 Jun 2008 Posts: 393

  Reply | Contact   Welcome emmanewman. Looks like Ficus lyrata. Common name Fiddle leaf fig. http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&rls=p%2Ccom.microsoft%3Aen-gb%3AIE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7SUNA_en-GB&um=1&sa=3&q=Ficus+lyrata&btnG=Search+images   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus_lyrata   http://www.plantoftheweek.org/week172.shtml According to this site...Quote. Propagation: Ficus lyrata are propagated by air layers.