As a member of National Geographic Society, I get regular emails from them about varous stuff from news to (mostly) stuff on sale. I got one today regarding the Wollemi Pine.
Exclusively from National Geographic, this survivor from the age of the dinosaurs is one of the greatest living fossils discovered in the 20th century. The Wollemi pine is one of the world’s oldest and rarest tree species, belonging to a 200-million-year-old plant family thought to have been extinct for more than two million years. Previously known only from fossil records, it was presumed extinct until a single tree was found in the Wollemi National Park, Australia, in 1994. Subsequent research discovered 100 adult trees that have survived in a single canyon in this wild and rugged area.
Listen to more information about the Wollemi Pine
You can assist in the conservation effort and enjoy the unique opportunity to ensure the continued survival of this rare species by giving the tree as a gift or growing your own. Suitable for indoor container gardening or as a landscape tree in certain areas of the U.S. Comes with a care manual with the full story about the discovery and fascinating history of the Wollemi pine. Comes in a copper-colored container and will be approximately 10”H when shipped. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of these plants will fund ongoing conservation research.
The “owner’s manual” for the tree is available in a .pdf file.
Isn’t it cool about this tree? We’ll be getting one fer shur.
Linkage:
Wollemi Pine website – Photo Gallery
Wikipedia – Wollemi Pine