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Re: Trees
« Reply #90 on Dec 9, 2010, 1:37pm »		[Quote]
That's a tree with attitude tod2.

Here's some autumn colour from the trees on the farm -

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Trees from my Kew folder-

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« Reply #91 on Dec 9, 2010, 2:30pm »		[Quote]
You have re-kindled my interest to visit Kew again. I have only been once but sailed down to Hampton Court on several occasions. I am very interested in the "skywalk" at the top of those tall trees. I walked along one in Manjimup, Western Australia to see the tops of the Karri trees.
Thanks for the lovely photos!
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« Reply #92 on Dec 9, 2010, 2:34pm »		[Quote]
Let me know if that comes off tod - I'd be pleased to show you around!
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« Reply #93 on Dec 9, 2010, 2:54pm »		[Quote]
Thats most kind of you and it would be absolutely wonderful - thank you Mick.
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« Reply #94 on Dec 9, 2010, 3:51pm »		[Quote]
Whooo, Tod ~~ your pictures give new meaning to "holding up that wall?". ;D
That's a magnificent tree. Is it some kind of ficus?

*gnashes teeth*
I want to visit the gardens of England so badly I can hardly stand it. Kew is obviously one of the reasons why. Wonderful trees, Mick, and that penultimate photo couldn't be more beautiful.
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« Reply #95 on Dec 9, 2010, 3:57pm »		[Quote]
Bixa, you need to liaise with tod2 for a visit...............
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« Reply #96 on Dec 9, 2010, 6:35pm »		[Quote]
I do have my free Eurostar ticket that I am supposed to use before mid-January.
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« Reply #97 on Dec 10, 2010, 6:12am »		[Quote]
Kerouac - Don't hesitate, DO PASS 'GO' and enjoy the ride :D Hell, with Mick on the otherside you can only have the most awesome visit!
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« Reply #98 on Dec 10, 2010, 6:14am »		[Quote]
Bixa, I have watched that tree grow for the last 30 odd years and have wondered how come it hasn't pulled the wall over ----yet!
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« Reply #99 on Dec 10, 2010, 9:00am »		[Quote]

Dec 10, 2010, 6:12am, tod2 wrote:
Kerouac - Don't hesitate, DO PASS 'GO' and enjoy the ride :D Hell, with Mick on the otherside you can only have the most awesome visit!


it would be my pleasure..................
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« Reply #100 on Dec 10, 2010, 9:27am »		[Quote]
Bixa - Have you ever been to see the fantastic Montezuma Cypress at Santa Maria del Tule near Oaxaca City?
I have just been reading about it in a wonderful book byThomas Pakenham called "Remarkable Trees Of The World", and who also wrote and photogra[hed ""Meetings With Remarkable Trees".

In 1994 a group of three doctors from Kew Gardens came to help and prevented this nearly 2,000yr old tree from dying. They found lack of water the problem and it has recovered after other stringent measures were also taken.
I wonder what MicktheCactus might also know of this ?

Heres a great link and photos:
http://www.delange.org/Tule/Tule.htm
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« Reply #101 on Dec 10, 2010, 1:40pm »		[Quote]

Dec 10, 2010, 9:27am, tod2 wrote:
Bixa - Have you ever been to see the fantastic Montezuma Cypress at Santa Maria del Tule near Oaxaca City?
I have just been reading about it in a wonderful book byThomas Pakenham called "Remarkable Trees Of The World", and who also wrote and photogra[hed ""Meetings With Remarkable Trees".

In 1994 a group of three doctors from Kew Gardens came to help and prevented this nearly 2,000yr old tree from dying. They found lack of water the problem and it has recovered after other stringent measures were also taken.
I wonder what MicktheCactus might also know of this ?

Heres a great link and photos:
http://www.delange.org/Tule/Tule.htm


Sorry to say that I know nothing but what a fantastic tree!
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« Reply #102 on Dec 10, 2010, 2:46pm »		[Quote]
I LOVE those books, Tod2! Whenever I need a push to get me back on the straight and narrow I look at those glorious trees and remember why I love plants, gardening and the natural world and why I do what I do! :D
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« Reply #103 on Dec 10, 2010, 3:36pm »		[Quote]
Tod, I've seen that tree about a gazillion times. It's in a cute little town near here. I'll wait for a warm day and go over and take pictures. The pics in your link are wonderful, by the way.
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« Reply #104 on Dec 22, 2010, 4:14pm »		[Quote]
Reviewing this thread makes me wonder why modern folk don't still worship trees like the druids...
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« Reply #105 on Dec 28, 2010, 4:23pm »		[Quote]
Does this look worshipful, Kimby? :D


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« Reply #106 on Dec 28, 2010, 6:53pm »		[Quote]
Is it the tree, or the stars, that are being celebrated, bixa?
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« Reply #107 on Dec 29, 2010, 2:50pm »		[Quote]
Just babies...

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« Reply #108 on Dec 29, 2010, 4:24pm »		[Quote]
Please frame that and send it to me immediately. Thank you.
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« Reply #109 on Dec 29, 2010, 4:25pm »		[Quote]
If that is a grove of quaking aspen, it is likely that they are all part of the same organism genetically.

Aspens sprout from the root when the parent tree is cut. Since aspens are a popular species for pulp in the papermaking industry, the forest regenerates from the roots without having to replant. Talk about a renewable resource!
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« Reply #110 on Dec 29, 2010, 5:01pm »		[Quote]
Very likely kimby, they grow like weeds around here. The sound they make in the wind is wonderful!
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http://www.ask.com/wiki/Largest_organisms

The Aspen tree (Populus tremuloides) forms large stands of genetically identical trees (technically, stems) connected by a single underground root system. These trees form through root sprouts coming off an original parent tree, though the root system may not remain a single unit in all specimens. The largest known fully-connected Aspen is a grove in Utah nicknamed "Pando", and some experts call it the largest organism in the world, by mass or volume. It covers 0.43 km2 (106 acres) and is estimated to weigh 6,600 short tons (6,000 t).
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« Reply #112 on Dec 29, 2010, 5:36pm »		[Quote]
If they grew a little closer together, they could slow down the packs of wolves.
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« Reply #113 on Jan 9, 2011, 5:34pm »		[Quote]
Someone's watching...

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« Reply #114 on Jan 10, 2011, 4:47pm »		[Quote]
Just looked over this page again, and noticed how the supports for the Kew skywalk in mick's #90, 4th photo, mimic the shape of trees, though they don't try to match the color.

Love that last photo, imec.
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« Reply #117 on Jan 14, 2011, 5:00am »		[Quote]
What a splendid shot Kerouac! It just leaps off the screen - how good of you to notice something so different.....but then you're good at that ;)

FMT - that pathway must be fab to cycle on - kind of 'lost in a world of your own' feeling.
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« Reply #119 on Jan 14, 2011, 8:25am »		[Quote]
bixa - The tree is lovely but could you please send some of that blue sky to Paris. We have trees but right now we are severely lacking in blue skies.
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