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Post by kedigato on Feb 14, 2009 10:59:05 GMT
This made me chuckle - we saw this Norfolk Island Pine planted in a pot!!! Obviously, the owner didn't know that they can grow up to 15 meters   |
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Post by DAG on Feb 14, 2009 11:35:53 GMT
;D ;D
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Post by strongy on Feb 14, 2009 12:02:41 GMT
Another potbound specimen!!! hadn't he noticed others planted out as high as hotels? ;D Mine is indoors and now over a metre high, I put it out in the garden last June and it got sunburn  so it had to come back inside, one day it will be too big for our living room but it cannot survive outside.  |
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Post by kedigato on Jul 3, 2010 3:29:00 GMT
Like in Portugal, these trees are very popular over here in Florida. Someone just down the road from us has one and just as we were going out yesterday, Peter saw one of the cones laying in the road. He stopped and I got out to get it and also one of the "leaves".    If the cone, which is still very fresh - do they dry out and go brown like other cones? - still looks fine on Wednesday morning, I'll put it in my hand luggage and bring it back home. |
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Post by kedigato on Jul 11, 2010 16:04:51 GMT
I thought that this cone might dry and I could put it out as decoration here. However, a couple of days after getting home, it started to fall apart -  |
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Post by pete on Jul 14, 2010 13:56:36 GMT
You can see the resemblance of the leaf to the monkey puzzle tree, but in miniature.
I have a sneaky feeling the cones need to be fertilized by a male tree, otherwise the seed is not viable, but I could be wrong on that point.
The cones break up on monkey puzzle on the branches also.
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Post by victoria on Jul 14, 2010 17:24:07 GMT
Interesting pics Sis. I had mine in a pot up on the deck but gave it to Mick last year ... can't exactly remember why ....  |
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Post by kedigato on Jul 14, 2010 17:59:47 GMT
No telling if this one was fertilized or not, Pete, but am still wondering if I should give it a try or not. Do you want to try again, Sis?
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Post by pete on Jul 15, 2010 18:57:15 GMT
You cant hurt by trying Kedi, as I say I may well be wrong. Its just that I dont think it should fall off the tree green. I think they are edible btw.  ;D |
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Post by kedigato on Jul 15, 2010 19:32:06 GMT
That is what Peter said. He thinks they are probably the ones you get in the stores around Christmastime that are dry and brown without the hooks. I bought one once but it was difficult to get the kernals out so it was a waste of good money.
I just looked back and see that I didn't say there had been a big storm with high winds the night before and there was quite a lot of debris on the roads. No doubt this is why this green one fell down. Being green, I suppose the seeds are not quite ripe but I think it is worth a try.
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