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

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Xenomorf Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) Jan 07, 2005

Cook's Pine, New Caledonian Pine
Araucaria columnaris

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Strever Hiouchi, CA(Zone 8b) Jan 08, 2005

Xenomorf

is this a young tree ?
it looks so different then mine & the others ?

Dick

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Strever Hiouchi, CA(Zone 8b) Jan 08, 2005

here is a branch from my tree
it sure looks different then yours ???

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Xenomorf Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) Jan 08, 2005

Yes, young tree.
I wonder why it looks different.
Heres some more images in the PlantFiles
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/12320/
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/60424/
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/12321/
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/12322/

Heres more "Araucaria heterophylla's" we can compare to.
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=100&hl=en&lr=&q=%22Araucaria+heterophylla%22&btnG=Search

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Strever Hiouchi, CA(Zone 8b) Jan 08, 2005

Xenomorf
a Google search of Araucaria heterophylla
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Araucaria+heterophylla&btnG=Google+Search
see the foliage of first link in Google
most all but two of the links in Google are showing trees with this type of foliage like mine
the two different are the "franco" http://www.dipbot.unict.it/orto/0007-1.html
& a page by Perry describing indoor plants http://pss.uvm.edu/pss123/folarauc.html
stating

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None are usually seen in U.S. commerce although some are listed elsewhere.

the tree he shows looks very much like yours & JohnnyMTB's
all the rest of the links show trees with tight spiral foliage like mine & the other trees in the PF

Dick

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Xenomorf Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) Jan 08, 2005

Cool. So, now we can make a separate listing? for the 'Franco' variety, and separate the two types?

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Strever Hiouchi, CA(Zone 8b) Jan 09, 2005

i'm sure they are close relatives in some way
but i have spent at least 4 hours now on Google
& don't have an answer for you :-)
maybe some of the puzzle experts on the identification forum would like a stab at it ?

Dick

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Xenomorf Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) Jan 09, 2005

OK, I'll see what info I can dig up in addition to.

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Xenomorf Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) Jan 12, 2005

That quote is about cultivars. [from that page]
The 'Franco' is the name of one of the persons that published or documented the species at one time.
Which still leads us to a dead end, as to explain why they look different (except the plausibility of the age difference).

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