Thursday, April 5, 2012

Inside pine

My mother gave me this Norfolk Island Pine a couple of years ago. I had always admired it at her place. So I already know it needs a lot of water but taking this picture inspired me to find out a little more about it. Here's what was interesting:
  • Araucaria heterophylla is a distinctive conifer, a member of the ancient and now disjointedly distributed family Araucariaceae
  • it is not a true pine
  • the tree is endemic to Norfolk Island, a small island in the Pacific Ocean between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia
  • the trees grow to a height of 50–65m - NOT IN MY LIVING ROOM!

1 comment:

  1. Judy has one too and I love them! Awesome photo, Linda. It would die here like all other houseplants I try.

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