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Pappa
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 Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:53 am Post subject: Wollemi pine (again) |
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I couldn't find the old Wollemi pine thread, so I've posted a new one. Apparently, sapling are going on sale with an expected price tag of £850.
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DINOSAUR TREE SALE
SAPLINGS of a 40-metre high tree which used to be a snack for dinosaurs and was thought to be extinct are to be put up for sale.
The Wollemi pines are expected to fetch £850 each at Sotheby's auction in Sydney next month.
A Kew Gardens spokes-man said: "The idea is to conserve the tree by selling it commercially."
A cluster of the 90- million-year-old conifers was discovered in 1994, 125 miles west of Sydney. |
Also, http://www.kew.org/plants/wollemipine.html.
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Stymie
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Location: S.Yorks.UK where the sun used to shine
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| Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:34 pm Post subject: Re: Wollemi pine (again) |
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| R U attending the sale. I can't afford one but if you need someone to look after yours............. |
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Pappa
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| Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:45 pm Post subject: Re: Wollemi pine (again) |
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No, £850 is a bit steep for me. Besides, it's Sotheby's in Australia. Apparently, they've got one in Kew though. Perhaps you could nip down to London and take a cutting. 
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Dick
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Location: Western New York State, USA - Zone 4b
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 12:07 am Post subject: Re: Wollemi pine (again) |
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That sounds like one sure way of getting arrested!  |
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Pappa
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Location: Nr. Cardiff - UK Zone 9
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 10:00 am Post subject: Re: Wollemi pine (again) |
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I'd be more scared of the Kew gardeners chasing me with chainsaws.  |
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Tuppence2
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Location: Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England (Weather Zone 8)
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| Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 7:11 pm Post subject: Re: Wollemi pine (again) |
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Is that the tree, thought to be extinct, that was discovered by a botanist wandering into canyons in Australia? I saw a very good programme on TV about it. Kew have propagated the species and will be sending them round the world.
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Stymie
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| Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 8:43 pm Post subject: Re: Wollemi pine (again) |
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| Yurite. |
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| Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 11:47 pm Post subject: Re: Wollemi pine (again) |
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Hello everyone, Just found this exciting thread.
I have been to have a look via helicopter at these trees in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney.
It was actually a friend of mine in a chopper that located the pines by air first then a team went in on the ground but the credit has been given to the ground crew for discovery...
Rightly so...Its a big walk to get there.
I will be obtaining seedlings very shortly to transform into bonsai...
I've been waiting for years for this occasion.
Happy growing |
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Stymie
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| Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 12:11 am Post subject: Re: Wollemi pine (again) |
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Hello and welcome Taipan. Its nice to know someone who can afford such indulgences. I see that you're a boss person. What do you boss  |
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