Ficus limosa is a very rare rheophytic fig confined to muddy river banks in Sarawak.
The photo above shows a male fig just before the emergence of fig wasps from the gall flowers. The gall flowers contain both male and female fig wasps which mate before they leave the fig through the ostiole. The female fig wasps collect pollen from the male stamens surrounding the ostiole as they exit the fig. Note that the majority of the gall flowers in this fig never received a wasp egg and remained vacant indicating a local shortage of female fig wasps.
Location: Sungai Paku near Kampong Spaoh, SW Sarawak.
Co-ordinates: 1.501179 111.509823
Photos taken by : Astrid Cruaud and Jean-Yves Rasplus on 13.02.2011
