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Old 19-03-2003, 07:20 PM
Stewart Robert Hinsley
 
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Default Wollemi pine plants "soon" available

In article , Iris Cohen
writes
Is it thought to be suitable for bonsai? What is special about this species?
How is it related to other pines? Does it belong to the genus Pinus? How would
you grow it indoors?


http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/html/Wollemi/Research.html
http://www.botanik.uni-bonn.de/conifers/ar/wo/

What's special? It's rare; it's lacking in genetic diversity; and it's
newly discovered. It's described as a living fossil, but I'd be cautious
about accepting this status.

It's a monotypic genus (Wollemia) in Araucariaceae (which also contains
Norfolk Island Pine, Kauri Pine and Monkey Puzzle, inter alia).
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Stewart Robert Hinsley