Oio Pine Removal

[Evan Sussman]

Awesome. I've never eaten it, the leaves are so cool looking though. Where are you at that you would be planning to grow one. Though I don't know their range.

 

[Evan Sussman]

You may have seen it, but there is an interesting paragraph regarding germination of bunya bunya under ecology.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araucaria_bidwillii

 

[jomoco]

Yes, I'm aware that germinating the seed is a lengthy process, and unfortunately I only have the one seed, so I intend to nurture it closely.

I'm in SoCal Evan, so my chance of success should be good if I get a tuber going by summer's end.

jomoco

 

[treesandsurf]

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The cook pine is the one that usually looks symmetrical from a distance, it's also pretty common on Maui at least. The norfolk is much less common, almost rare in street visibility at least. It is quite irregular in form, think branch length and placement. I got the clarification from Ernie Resents who has a beautiful norfolk pine in his yard in Makawao.



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Yes I've been corrected both ways. In my plant systematics class when I was an undergrad we discussed the taxonomy of araucaria at length and again the taxonomists often argued amongst themselves about this very issue. I've heard both described, both ways so I'm not sure myself.

I know some are pretty convinced one way or another....

jp