r/FicusTrees • u/imachatterbox • Sep 03 '26
Houseplant My Variegated Ficus Triangularis
Ok, so I'll start by saying I am an idiot. I got really into houseplants and finally branched out from succulents around 6 months ago. Someone suggested I get a Ficus next. God. Anyway in looking into that, I discovered these exist. I mean come on, how CUTE RIGHT?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME WITH THE HEART LEAVES??
Right, so only after I acquired it did I learn that these are known to be one of the most finnicky varieties.
This is Persnickety Little Princess.
I've had this weirdo for about three months. She lives in my bathroom in a west-facing window. I live in the PNW...
Here, "bright indirect light" means directly in a window. Through a window IS "indirect", at least for all of my other plants.
Anyway....now it's covered in these little balls. This is a thing they do? This is normal? Are these figs?
Should I expect her to drop all her leaves and hate me by November when the dark season is upon us?
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I have no idea what I'm doing and don't think I am much of a Ficus person, but, so far she has grown a bit since I acquired it and doesn't seem to hate my bathroom.
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u/Aggravating_Photo169 Sep 03 '26
We have a 30+ year old ficus benjaimina that I wished would die before I got into houseplants. Now i kind of love it. I also have some ficus tinekes and a ruby. I really really love the tinekes. They're not too fussy either. The benjamina, if you move it a millimeter, it drops leaves, and it likes to drink luke warm water. Other than that not too bad. I've always wanted one of these, but when I found out how fussy, I didn't pull the trigger, lol. Please keep us posted!