Screw Pine roots by danapommet
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Description
The Screw Pine is not a pine, but a tropical tree. Best used as a free-standing specimen with plenty of room, they grow to 25 feet (7.6 meters) tall but also grow as wide. Many of the species are native to Madagascar, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Not a "pine" and not a woody tree but it is more closely related to palms, grasses and some orchids. The roots are significant with many brace roots increasing in number, size and width over time. Spotted in a botanical garden in Naples, Florida, at one time the gardens of botanist Dr. Henry Nehrling. The sign stated that it was planted in 1920.
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Dana
Comments (32)
m_j_s
What a wonderful plant! Very interesting info too Dana!
myrrhluz
Very interesting plant, with extraordinary roots. A nice hiding place for all kinds of critters. Excellent capture and information!