Somewhere on teh intarwebs "Sacha" typed:
On 27/12/08 00:36, in article ,
"~misfit~" wrote:

Somewhere on teh intarwebs "Sacha" typed:
On 19/12/08 11:50, in article
, "Sacha"
wrote:

On 19/12/08 01:20, in article
,
"Dave Poole" wrote:

Just had a look at the pics Sacha. While No.2 shows what appears
to be typical Ficus macrophylla trunk and 'butressing', the
foliage and fruits in No.3 are not F. macrophylla. I've had a
ferret about and found this pic of typical fruiting macrophylla
material:
http://plantarium.files.wordpress.co...acrophylla.jpg
You can see that foliage and fruits are significantly different.
I don't know what No.3 is, but I do know it isn't Ficus
macrophylla.


Thanks, David, though the mystery deepens! Perhaps someone from
Australia or NZ will see this.

Many apologies, I've just realised that the fruit pic is NOT the one
Ray took of the Moreton Bay figs! It was a hedge of some sort down
on King Edward Parade in Devonport, right outside the sailing club,
just in case that helps anyone to ID it We took hundreds of photos
of various things and I've muddled those up! The fruits we saw on
the Moreton Bay Fig are exactly as your pic shows them. Now all I
need to find out is what those 'incorrect' fruits really are!

Hi Sacha,

I'm pleased to hear you enjoyed your holiday here. :-)

There used to be a Moreton Bay Fig tree in my parents garden. I
bought the "Rubber Plant" for mum as a mother's day gift and, when
it got too big for growing inside she planted it out. However, about
15 years later it got to be too big for the garden too so had to be
felled.

Rubber plant definitely strikes a chord because we looked at these
and saw a similarity immediately. They are superb trees in Flagstaff
Terrace, Devonport.

I've studied the fruits in the other pic and, sorry, I can't help
you with identifying them. Then again, I certainly don't profess to
be an expert, far from it in fact. ;-)

I wish I could find out what they are, just out of curiosity. Nobody
seems to have any idea. I don't think they can be that rare or
unusual because they were on a hedge by the sailing club, bordering a
road, not tucked away in some exotic botanic garden.

Sacha, I've asked in a NZ group (and linked to your pic) and have been asked
what sailing club they were near as apparently there are several clubs on
Auckland's North Shore and a debate as to what the plant is.

Cheers,
--
Shaun.