Cook's Pine, New Caledonian Pine, Coral Reef Araucaria (Araucaria columnaris)

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RosinaBloom Waihi, New Zealand(Zone 1) Apr 08, 2013

Cook's Pine, New Caledonian Pine, Coral Reef Araucaria
Araucaria columnaris

The top of the Norfolk Pine smothered in cones

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BayAreaTropics Hayward, CA Jun 22, 2013

I think these are all A.columnaris. Once the true NIP gets that size and age,its not Christmas tree dense.

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palmbob Acton, CA(Zone 8b) Sep 29, 2013

Agree.. very nice photos of A columnaris in cone (female), but NOT Auracaria heterophylla. The more incorrect photos that keep being put on this page, the more difficult it will be to ever clear up this confusion.

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RosinaBloom Waihi, New Zealand(Zone 1) Oct 06, 2013

BayAreaTropics, palmbob,

Thank you for your comments.

To my untrained eye my photos look very much like those in this website:-
http://delange.org/Norfolk_Island_Pine_Araucaria_heterophylla/Norfolk_Island_Pine_Araucaria_heterophylla.htm

And A.columnaris looks to me, very different?
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/354635/

RosinBloom



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palmbob Acton, CA(Zone 8b) Oct 07, 2013

Careful comparing male with female cones. The web site is showing Araucaria heterophylla female cones and the picture you hi-lighted in Daves garden is of male Araucaria columnaris cones. I personally don't know how different the female cones and male cones differ for these two species, but male and female cones differ a LOT (female cones are big and spherical, and males a numerous, smaller and drooping... for BOTH species, and frankly for MANY species of conifer, not just Araucaria). So I am not sure cone difference is a good way to tell them apart... yet.

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