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Posted by mickthecactus on Dec 9, 2010, 1:37pm
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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Posted by tod2 on Dec 9, 2010, 2:30pm
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!
Posted by mickthecactus on Dec 9, 2010, 2:34pm
Let me know if that comes off tod - I'd be pleased to show you around!
Posted by tod2 on Dec 9, 2010, 2:54pm
Thats most kind of you and it would be absolutely wonderful - thank you Mick.
Posted by bixaorellana on Dec 9, 2010, 3:51pm
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.
Posted by mickthecactus on Dec 9, 2010, 3:57pm
Bixa, you need to liaise with tod2 for a visit...............
Posted by kerouac2 on Dec 9, 2010, 6:35pm
I do have my free Eurostar ticket that I am supposed to use before mid-January.
Posted by tod2 on Dec 10, 2010, 6:12am
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!
Posted by tod2 on Dec 10, 2010, 6:14am
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!
Posted by mickthecactus on Dec 10, 2010, 9:00am

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..................
Posted by tod2 on Dec 10, 2010, 9:27am
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
Posted by mickthecactus on Dec 10, 2010, 1:40pm

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!
Posted by myrt on Dec 10, 2010, 2:46pm
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
Posted by bixaorellana on Dec 10, 2010, 3:36pm
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.
Posted by kimby on Dec 22, 2010, 4:14pm
Reviewing this thread makes me wonder why modern folk don't still worship trees like the druids...
Posted by bixaorellana on Dec 28, 2010, 4:23pm
Does this look worshipful, Kimby? :D


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Posted by kimby on Dec 28, 2010, 6:53pm
Is it the tree, or the stars, that are being celebrated, bixa?
Posted by imec on Dec 29, 2010, 2:50pm
Just babies...

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Posted by bixaorellana on Dec 29, 2010, 4:24pm
Please frame that and send it to me immediately. Thank you.
Posted by kimby on Dec 29, 2010, 4:25pm
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!
Posted by imec on Dec 29, 2010, 5:01pm
Very likely kimby, they grow like weeds around here. The sound they make in the wind is wonderful!
Posted by kimby on Dec 29, 2010, 5:07pm
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).
Posted by kerouac2 on Dec 29, 2010, 5:36pm
If they grew a little closer together, they could slow down the packs of wolves.
Posted by imec on Jan 9, 2011, 5:34pm
Someone's watching...

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Posted by kimby on Jan 10, 2011, 4:47pm
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.
Posted by kerouac2 on Jan 11, 2011, 6:50pm
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Posted by frenchmystiquetour on Jan 13, 2011, 10:50pm
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Posted by tod2 on Jan 14, 2011, 5:00am
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.
Posted by bixaorellana on Jan 14, 2011, 5:37am
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Posted by frenchmystiquetour on Jan 14, 2011, 8:25am
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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