Sunday, February 15, 2009

The heart of a Wolemi Pine


I bought three of these - on behalf of my father - for Christmas 2006, his final Christmas in the real world. He then proceeded to give one to Ross, one to me and one to his wife, Peggy. For the Christmas just gone, I bought him a Wolemi Pine to nurture in his nursing home together with his two African Violets and his pointsettia.
The WP has a fascinating growth pattern which I will try to document through the cycle. It has a liking for multi-forking and secretes a white waxy substance to seal the newly forming "spikes". Very neanderthal ...

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