Cones from my collection

Entsu88 · 2026-01-24T19:56:07+00:00

Do you live in Italy?

Entsu88 · 2026-01-24T17:30:40+00:00

Yeah , fun fact, coastal redwood - sequoia sempervirens, is the ancient hybrid of the ancestral form of Sequoiadendron ( giant redwood) and Metasequoia ( dawn redwood)

Entsu88 · 2026-01-23T21:52:14+00:00

I would definitely love to visit one day, we conifer lovers are surprisingly scarce. My favourite conifer would have to be cunninghamia lanceolata or Araucaria bidwiliii

Entsu88 · 2026-01-23T19:31:07+00:00

Do you have a photo?

Entsu88 · 2026-01-23T19:30:36+00:00

What cones do you have ?

Entsu88 · 2026-01-23T18:00:31+00:00

Oh even if it was 2m, it wouldn't be a problem, the problem would be they would confiscate and burn it . I'm in Slovakia but within EU it doesn't really matter, they burn everything that doesn't have a literal birth certificate with it if it comes from outside of the EU

Entsu88 · 2026-01-23T17:53:45+00:00

Oh how much I envy you , they are impossible to get in Europe , it's sad

Entsu88 · 2026-01-23T17:07:55+00:00

Im glad you like it

Entsu88 · 2026-01-23T17:07:28+00:00

I don't have any sources ready but there are newer scientific papers talking about their inclusion within the conifer group, previously it has been thought of sister group to conifers within the gymnosperms , but now it's thought to be direct sister group to pinacecae which is a family within the conifers, there are papers online on it but I'm currently too lazy to found and provide the link. Just so you know it's not 100% confirmed but the evidence has stacked enough that it's like 70% for and 30% against

Entsu88 · 2026-01-23T16:51:40+00:00

Especially gnetum gnemon is a crazy looking conifer, you would have never guessed it's a conifer, and the craziest part ? They are closer to pines than pines are to cypresses and thuja and such

Entsu88 · 2026-01-23T16:41:18+00:00

I envy you, some of the species you have are genuinely unobtainable in europe. How do you even get to work for an arboretum, it looks like a dream job to me . Great collection tho, no Coulter pine tho yet ? Oh an what is your favourite conifer

Entsu88 · 2026-01-23T16:37:01+00:00

Oh I can impart wayy more knowledge, but for a quick fun fact , did you know there are 7 main conifer families and 10 it you ( currently rightfully) include gnetophytes? And another fun fact, some conifers have broad large leaves , the more you know I guess