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Hillgrove, New South Wales, Australia
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Rozelle Psychiatric Hospital, inner-western Sydney. Immature seed cone from tree in photo 1467, brought down by a storm. My thumbnail is 15 mm wide. The dead branchlets on the ground are all from a nearby tree of Araucaria cunninghamii.
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Botanic Gardens, Sydney.Close-up of trunk of one of the oldest of the Wollemi Pines planted out in the Sydney Gardens, probably from the earliest propagations following its discovery in 1994. Already the characteristic bark texture has developed, likened by some to Coco Pops. I suspect the bumps are a kind of resin-blister, as found in various conifers, as they bleed resin copiously with the slightest wound. The white stuff you can see is dried resin.
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Gerringong, New South Wales, Australia
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Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Vegetative branches on lower part of canopy of tree in photo 0653.
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Araucaria cunninghamii. Queensland Australia.
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Kuto, Sud, Nouvelle-Caldonie
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY (April 26, 2018)
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Rozelle Psychiatric Hospital, inner-western Sydney. Juvenile foliage of a smaller tree next to the large one in photo 1467. They are about twice as large as the adult ones, which can be seen in 1464.
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Mount Tomah Botanic Garden, New South Wales.The dangling brown bits are old pollen cones, while immature seed cones are evident higher up. These are on a specimen only about 2.5 m tall, one of a group planted out only about 5 years ago, as advanced container plants. They seem slightly stressed, which may account for the early cone production. Behind is a hedge of Prunus laurocerasus -- it's possible that massive root competition from this may be the cause of stress.
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Gerringong, New South Wales, Australia
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Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Twig fallen from old tree in photo 0653. Immature pollen cones, may elongate somewhat yet. Note a remarkable feature visible here, namely that each cone (except the terminal one) is attached to the twig well above the leaf axil; one interpretation might be that the pedicel is fused to the twig. This feature is illustrated clearly though not mentioned in the species' description in De Laubefels's excellent treatment of New Caledonian gymnosperms. It may be unique to this species.
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Ocean Shores, New South Wales, Australia
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Mowbullan, Queensland, Australia
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Parque Nacional Villarica, Chile.
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Rozelle Psychiatric Hospital, inner-western Sydney. Tall tree in the grounds, in sheltered gully area. See other pictures, closeups of fallen male and female cones, brought down by storm only a week or two earlier.
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Urbanizacion Callao Salvaje, Canary Islands, Spain
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Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Base of tree in photo 0653.
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Ocean Shores, New South Wales, Australia
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Kuto, Sud, Nouvelle-Caldonie