Ficus elastica
Hi I just got a rubber tree and don't know anything about them. I got it at a flee market and came w/ no. lit. Wondering some basics. Water light fertaliser(sp) and some more if possible.
Ficus elastica will grow to 40 ft (12 m) in its native habitat, but will stay much shorter when grown indoors in a container.
Rubber plant will also bear fruit when it is 30 years old -- outdoors, not in.
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Indian rubber tree (Ficus elastica) is widely cultivated, but only occasionally naturalised, in the coastal districts of eastern Australia.
Ficus elastica
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Seed sown uncovered, good light, kept moist until germination. 70-80F/21-27C. Grow in good indirect light and well-draining soil.
Ficus elastica
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Ficus Elastica Var: Decora - Rubber Plant
Apr 5th
Posted by Rupert Foxton-Smythe in Foliage Houseplants ...
Ficus elastica
Family: Moraceae
Rubber Tree
Origin: India and Malaysia
F. Elastica is among the oldest plants used as houseplants worldwide.
Ficus elastica Roxb. (Braided Ficus)
Use outdoors in southern California and Florida for its glossy, dark green, rubbery leaves. Foolproof indoor houseplants.
Ficus lyrata Warb.
Ficus elastica, the rubber plant.
Ficus benjamina, weeping fig.
Ficus benjamina 'Starlight', weeping fig.
Ficus elastica - Rubber Plant, Rubber Tree
FICUS INSECTS
FICUS DISEASES ...
Rubber tree (Ficus elastica decora)
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The enduringly popular ficus plants belong to the fig genus. Although only a few are seen in cultivation, there are hundreds of species of ficus.
Rubber plants (Ficus elastica) are easy to grow and care for and do well in a variety of conditions. They are excellent plants for beginners.
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Assam rubber, Indian rubbertree Ficus elastica
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Athabor [Assamese]: Ficus elastica
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Athalamia [English]: Athalamia hyalina var. hyalina
Athalamia [English]: Athalamia hyalina ...
Ficus Elastica Burgundy
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Guzmania Symphony
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Ficus elastica
Ficus pumila
Fig (Ficus carica)
Filipendula ulmaria
Fingerleaf Rodgersia (Rodgersia aesculifolia)
Fire Cherry (Prunus pennsylvanica)
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Fire Thorn (Pyracantha coccinea 'Mohave') ...
Ficus elastica (Rubber Plant)
Ficus lyrata (Fiddle Leaf Ficus)
Ficus macrophylla (Moreton Bay Fig)
Ficus palmeri (Rock Fig)
Ficus pandurata
Ficus petiolaris (Texcalamate, Lava Fig)
Ficus pumila (Creeping Ficus) ...
- Rubber plant (Ficus elastica)
- 'Alii' ficus (Ficus maclellandii 'Alii')
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- Miniature date palm (Phoenix roebelenii)
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I was recently astounded to find this Scindapsus - Devil's Ivy - (image) happily dripping from a tree to a length of 20 metres in a Northern Thailand forest - not to mention the humble Rubber plant - Ficus elastica - growing as a magnificent 30 ...
Burgundy Rubber Tree ( Ficus elastica )
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The large (5-10"), leathery leaves are like those of another home grown fig, the rubber plant (Ficus elastica), except that banyan's start out bronzy brown and hairy before maturing to glossy green and retaining just a scattering of hairs.
 See also: Rubber, Ficus, Rubber Plant, Green, Fig
  
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