Wollemia nobilis W.G.Jones , K.D.Hill & J.M.Allen

Common Name: Wollemi Pine
Family: Araucariaceae Henkel & Hochst.

Country of Origin: Australia - New South Wales
Habitat: along small permanent stream at the bottom of a narrow sandstone canyon

Description: Previously known only from the Mesozoic fossil record, the Wollemi Pine was rediscovered growing in a remote rainforest gorge in the Blue Mountains approximately 200km west of Sydney, Australia in 1994 by NSW park officer David Noble.
Current wild population numbers fewer than 100 specimens with the largest being approximately 40m tall.
Listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List

Culture: Fast growing in good light, favours loose acid soils, and temperatures from - 5 to 45C (23 to 113F). They are light feeders and in particular should not recieve heavy phosphorous - a fertilzer ratio of 5-1-5 is recommended.

USDA Zone: 7-11

Accession Data:

Accession # 200600137
Source: via National Geographic Society

Provenance:

acquired via National Geographic Society North American Plant Distribution/Sale - Fall 2006. 
North American Collection #04965 & #04972 

12APR2012 - Plant #04972 donated to Binghamton University

Accession Date: 12-21-2006
Bench: 3110 - EVO: Tropical Conifers & Ginkgo
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 10-30-2023
Restrictions:
- IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered Species

Classification:

Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
SubClass: Pinidae
Order: Araucariales
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Family: Araucariaceae
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Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:

Year	Jan				Feb				Mar					Apr				May				Jun					Jul				Aug				Sep					Oct				Nov				Dec
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019

References (internal):

EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: New South Wales

References (external):

Official Wollemi Pine website - last visited 21 DEC 2006
Conifer Specialist Group 1998. Wollemia nobilis. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 05 February 2008.
A GONDWANA CONNECTION? - The Wollemi Pine
The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 13 February 2015.
WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 13 February 2015.
Image #00 (cropped) and #02 (original) by Akerbeltz (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Friday, July 21, 2017.

data regenerated on Mon, 30 Oct 2023 09:36:29 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Wollemia nobilis W.G.Jones , K.D.Hill & J.M.Allen

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