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Old 17-07-2003, 02:42 PM
Nina Shishkoff
 
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Default [IBC] indoor larch (?) question

Someone is asking me about their indoor larch. I'm suspecting it's really
a pseudolarix, because I don't think you can keep a larch inside, but this
person has kept his "larch" indoors for 6 years. BRBR

Pseudolarix amabilis is an outdoor tree. If this person has something
resembling a larch which has survived indoors for six years, it is probably a
Podocarpus. A search on the Web will yield pictures and plenty of information.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)


See, Lesneiwicz's book (sic) lists pseudolarix as an indoor tree. I
*have* a pseudolarix, and I wouldn't keep it indoors on a bet, but
perhaps, as with junipers, once in a while someone succeeds in
keeping one indoors.

I have often wondered, looking as Leczneiwitz's book (sic) and its
bizarre assortment of "indoor" bonsai, whether Europeans rely less on
central heating and air-conditioning in their homes. The average
American home is dark and dry, not conducive to plants.

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