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Ficus gigantosyce

higuerón

A montane Andean fig tree, known locally as higuerón, quiveche or quivechi, growing in tropical moist montane forest in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru at 1,950 to 2,900 m. It belongs to subgenus Pharmacosycea, the free-standing (non-strangling) figs. At home it can only be grown as a young tree in a pot, in cool, bright, humid conditions.

Ficus gigantosyce
Photo: Nicolás Baresch Uribe, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

A tree of tropical moist montane forest in the Andes. As a free-standing Pharmacosycea fig it grows as a canopy tree rather than a strangler or epiphyte.

Recorded at 1,950 to 2,900 m, in the cool montane belt.

ColombiaEcuadorPeru

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY 4.0 licence, unmodified.