Re: [OGD] Wollemi Pine trees

2005-10-26 Thread Stuart Henry
I personally cant wait for the feeding frenzy on these Wollemis. Hope everyone buys one and plants it in the usual inappropriate position so in 25-30 years time when im about to retire there will be a fortune to be made in the removal of these trees. How the words "I have a large Cocos palm or (tr

[OGD] Wollemi Pine trees

2005-10-25 Thread Colin.Hamilton
>From: "dennis READ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [OGD] Cites and Wollemi Pine > >As this is the rarest tree in the world why is it allowed to be exported. If >it was an orchid >its movement would be banned. Regards >From ttheir website: "What is Wollemi Pine International? Wollemi Pine Interna

Re: [OGD] Wollemi Pine

2005-10-25 Thread IrisCohen
In a message dated 10/25/05 6:05:35 AM, Dennis writes: As this is the rarest tree in the world why is it allowed to be exported. I believe those are seedlings. If the exporters had their CITES paperwork in order, they could do so. Iris ___ the OrchidGuid

Re: [OGD] Wollemi Pine

2005-10-24 Thread IrisCohen
In a message dated 10/23/05 11:19:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sotheby's (sic) auction at the weekend of 100 seedlings of the rare Wollemi Pine. Wollemi pine, Wollemia nobilis, belongs to the Araucariaceae. Bonsai growers were waiting until it was commercially available to see if it could be u