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[@_c_y_p_3]

Thank you for telling this story! Future generations will love you for your work.

[@JohnChrysostom101]

You mean that Arson the law caught 184 Arsonists and the TV called it climate change? Try telling the truth.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

"Wollum eye"

[@DeepThought9999]

Pronounce by us Aussies just like like Bond-eye, err Bondi.

[@cjod33]

Gotta think why were there so few sites left. Fire stick hunting practices of the Australian Aboriginal people had a lot to do with it . Something alot of us who have been wandering around those canyons since the eighties have noticed is that those canyons don't look like they've been burnt out for eons.

[@cinemaipswich4636]

Only a few people know where the original trees were found. So as to avoid any mono-cultrue, tissue samples were taken from each survivor, and 3 nurseries were chosen to breed up the offspring. As the children will grow up in many different environments (with genetic variations), future cross breeding is envisioned to make a robust, and diversified Genus.

[@LadyAlriandi]

Its not monoculture. The wollemi pines are all natural clones because of genetic bottle neck and they have no defences against any modern pathogens. Also the location is dangerous to get too. The location is secret because the general public will be hurt getting to the site and will introduce a pathogen that will destroy the remaining adults as explained in the video.

[@SurvivalAussie]

More than 'only a few'. I have met 2 random people who know where they are, and have visited them in the wild.

[@BobDeGuerre]

Whines the australian guy with the bushcraft channel😂

[@siryogiwan]

apparently they sold it outside of Australia 1st, to keep control of the sale of it

[@Isxiros100]

Unfortunately many people visit without authorisation. In fact pathogens have been introduced by people who have not taken proper sanitary precautions.

[@tdb7992]

I remember when these were found. It was all over our media, and it was like the whole country banded together to try and grow them all over Australia and save them from extinction. Suddenly people who had no real interest in plants cared deeply for them and wanted to help.

[@taetannim3581]

Imagine how much good we could do if we just payed attention. We're such a weird species, lol.

[@billrobbins5874]

First time ever hearing about them. Very cool. Can only state the obvious. Look like a fir tree from far away but like a fern up close. Good luck, amazing tree. ♥️👍

[@tdb7992]

@@tosgem Oh thank you!

[@tosgem]

@@tdb7992 you're welcome. I will now delete my comment

[@rorypomroy-miller5427]

I remember my father telling me about them when I was very young and that he had bought a sapling to try and grow on our block in the Northern Territory, unfortunately we had about a 3 year drought right about a year after planting and it didn't make it through till the next full wet season and died. Beautiful little bugger though

[@TenOrbital]

These trees are a classic example of how eucalyptus’ adaptation to fire has driven the old Gondwana forests of Australia into remnant refuges. Mostly SW Tasmania for temperate Gondwana rainforest and in north Queensland for the tropical rainforest around Cairns. So it was a sensation when patch of these trees were found in the Wollemi National Park, part of a large forest wilderness to the immediate NW of Sydney.

[@matton36]

Those fires were started by the Aboriginals who burnt Australia to a crisp repeatedly in a lazy effort to flush out animals to eat. They really did ruin the environment.

[@DeclanStrong-bk9yw]

I live near some temperate rainforest in Victoria mostly mountain ash gum trees but some pockets of Gondwanan sections in remote gully’s

[@Slavicplayer251]

it’s all the aboriginal’s fire stick farming that destroyed australia’s ancient forests

[@DeclanStrong-bk9yw]

@@Slavicplayer251 they cleared some of the drier forests into plans and rotated to move animals around, but wetter forests were inhabited less especially in Victoria and Tasmania’s where they avoided Temperate rainforests and did not burn or even use them

[@Slavicplayer251]

@@DeclanStrong-bk9yw western australia’s coast was sub-tropical and tropical rainforest 45,000 years ago now it’s arid desert

[@SC-fk9nc]

Just bought one W pine and will plant it on my rural property in Victoria Australia, let's help save that species!

[@LeaveCurious]

Awesome!! Curious, are they readily available throughout Australia?

[@raracygno]

​@@LeaveCurious You can pretty much buy them in most decent/specialised nurseries. Prices will vary depending on the age of the plant. Some people grow them in pots.

[@SC-fk9nc]

@@LeaveCurious got mine through Garden Express on-line, they have different sizes.

[@janiebarker2687]

💚

[@mikeharrington5593]

Maybe try to replicate the plant diversity that exists in the remaining niche? The right tree in the right place is often ignored & trees without supporting plant diversity often results in eventual failure.. Maybe add a couple of the beautiful Bunya Pines if you like to plan hundreds of years ahead !

[@carinanderson8239]

There's a place near me in Southern California called Descanso Gardens and they are growing these Wollemi pines. I was so surprised and amazed when I saw them there. They seem to be doing well.

[@CricketsBay]

They do very well in Southern California. Nurseries sell them for landscaping. They're very easy to grow from cuttings with a little rooting hormone and some moist plant-starter medium.

[@SaltyShaman]

@@CricketsBay this is great. The more people that grow them, the less likely they are to disappear again. They'll find new natural niches going forward as well.

[@ceeemm1901]

I was living in Katoomba, Blue Mountains NSW when they found these trees not far away. It was a pretty special announcement and has since remained a fairly secret location.

[@JUSTINthisworld828]

Keep it secret, keep it safe

[@alexanderthegreatoz5945]

Maintain secrecy brother. Not being rude, I apologize, but maybe delete your comment.

[@grooviechickie]

No it's well-known that Katoomba, where the OP lived and I live, is in the Blue Mountains where this tree was discovered. The Blue Mountains is a gigantic area and the tree was found in the Wollemi National Park here (hence its name). The comment should remain.

[@KerriEverlasting]

I was also living in Katoomba at the time. We had Blues Cafe. Small world.

[@helenjohnston3178]

You could build a dinosaurs forest with these, tree ferns, cicads, monkey puzzles & redwoods.

[@StuSaville]

A botanical Jurassic Park would be a great idea!

[@Debbie-henri]

Well, limit it to a park, but there's no place for it in a country like ours that has precious little enough pure native woodland and meadow. These are interesting curiosities, but I don't like the idea of starting to plant forests of this stuff. Our native wildlife may not be able to 'use' it any real way, and such forests may be as devoid of native life as a spruce forest. It's easy to get 'carried away' by such curiosities as trees like these. I have been guilty of doing the exact same thing in my younger days, and have planted up gardens with absurd numbers of what we gardeners call 'Plantsman's Plants.' Yes, very nice to show these things off to a fellow horticulturalist or botanist who would appreciate the rarity of what they're looking at. But, quite honestly, these pines look as out of place in this setting as council-maintained, 'lollipop' trees locked in pavements along a city street. Stick to the plan, and concentrate on helping your own local environment, adding appropriate plants to your garden that will benefit the fauna that really needs them and really appreciates them, paying you back in wild encounters. The pines will be a flash in the pan, appearing in gardens everywhere - much like Ginkgos and Monkey Puzzles - and then they become a little bit of a joke when the fashion is over. Leave the conservation to the right people in the right country to restore their environment. We've got enough work to do. Plus these things cost £80 each. Just think of the number of wild flowers and native trees you can buy to kit out your own garden with that sort of money! Just think of all the 'extra' creatures you can help by spending wisely instead of getting lured by a fad.

[@damonroberts7372]

There are a lot of living plant species that resemble Jurassic or Cretaceous fossil flora. Flowering plants diversified pretty quickly in the mid Cretaceous, so you could include laurels, holly and beech, among others.

[@siryogiwan]

Wollemi are related to monkey puzzles

[@daltongalloway]

@@Debbie-henricalm down man these are being grown for conservation efforts

[@michaelpayne9340]

We live in Melbourne Australia, and proudly have a 10m high Wollemi pine in our backyard that was planted by the previous homeowner. Such an honour to see it every day and reflect on its survival over the millennia.

[@adypowell7759]

Hope you have a massive backyard 😉

[@michaelpayne9340]

@@adypowell7759 small, but lots of sky! Wollemi pines are quite narrow 🤓

[@alwaysright6358]

I think millenia is a way way way way way understatement.

[@elliotlane3225]

Similar to how the giant sequoia (Red Wood) has thrived in the UK, as have other species of trees considere to be native now, Douglas Fir and Sycamore etc. The UK is a nation of gardeners because so much can grow here from such a diverse distribution of global locations. Good now that instead of Victorian tree collectors taking species from the wild, tree collections are now about species conservation and using our unique climate to help with that.

[@yellard6785]

You are right... But trees can be invasive.. Apparently the Stika Spruce is invasive in Scotland..

[@jordanbeagle5779]

Yeah it’s best to grow native or near native in your garden. Conservation without serious research can lead to invasive species.

[@brentmiller3951]

Britain's plundering of the globe also brought lots to your country .much of it through force.

[@brettharter143]

Unfortunately most dont have deep enough roots to survive here. To much wind

[@urmum3773]

@@brentmiller3951Cry lol

[@herobrinenoch3522]

Another still living prehistoric tree is the Meta Sequoia (in Australia called the Dawn Redwood) The leaves are like soft 'needles' . It is deciduous, and in the winter the branches are covered with leaf buds. It grows very fast as well. Many years ago when it was rediscovered, my dad got a tiny sapling from the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, and planted it in Westport Connecticut. After my parents moved to Wilton Ct., he planted another. Now living in Australia, I noticed one growing here in the Dandenong Ranges outside of Melbourne. I think it's terrific that these prehistoric remnants are being preserved. Any biodiversity has to be a good thing considering climate change.

[@Alanoffer]

Im glad someone mentioned the dawn redwood , I’ve planted one in my garden here in SW france.

[@Tony.795]

Umbrella pine is another one. They date back to 230 million years in the fossil record.

[@ruadhscottygirl2480]

I have one! A university nursery was test trialing them and sent me one in 1987. An arborist came by last month while on another job and said in his whole career he had only ever seen one other one in person. Mine is about 80’ tall now with a wonderfully folded and wrinkly trunk. St. Louis, Missouri, USA

[@UMADBRO64]

Oh boy, another white nationalist advocating for the separation and perpetuation of his race. Cant wait for the rant about how mixed race children are a "sin".

[@karincrane3220]

My Dawn Redwood is 25 years old now. I’m a bit worried that it’s going to be too close to the house in 100 years but I guess that’s someone else’s problem.

[@Danny_Does_Drawings]

One thing worth mentioning is that ALL Wollemi pines are genetically identical. They’ve found that the pines may have been reduced to a SINGLE individual around 24,000 years ago at the end of the ice age. We almost lost em before we even found them!

[@wyattgrose6439]

Pause at 5:15

[@m.i.c.h.o]

@@wyattgrose6439thanks

[@adamk.7177]

Someone didn't watch the entire video

[@FYCH45]

It is not worth mentioning because it is not true. Even if they all descend from a single individual thousands of years ago, that wouldn't make them genetically identical. If you have children, they are not genetically identical (unless they are monozygotic twins, monozygotic triplets etc.). The scientists involved in preservation of Wollemi pines are working to preserve the existing genetic diversity of the species. The fact that so far 137 people have liked your comment is a sad reflection on the low level of education on biology in the world.

[@user-fed-yum]

@@adamk.7177​​⁠Actually you are incorrect. The individuals in the wild are all genetically indistinguishable. However, humans have artificially created three different genetic lines.

[@philiptaylor7902]

Great to see them thriving in the UK.

[@shaneleslie8968]

Wollum eye is how we say it in Sydney. They were discovered nw of Sydney in the national park

[@homebrandrules]

you mean wollemy(ai)/wollemai, this is even a more accurate pronunciation

[@brucetownsend691]

@@homebrandrulesmost English speakers know how “eye” is pronounced and it is only pronounced one way. “Ai” Is pronounced in more than one way depending on the word. For example, in Shanghai, it is like “eye” but not in “main” which is pronounced the same as “mane”.

[@rosalie7029]

Wollum-eye is correct. That is all.

[@austiwollongongwolf]

@@brucetownsend691our tree and the way we pronounce it is the correct way. We speak Australian English, the supreme and superior of all English dialects. So get with the program Pom, pronounced as an eye!😂😂

[@johnthumble5154]

Look at thes losers arguing about pronunciation😂

[@geoffmesser5091]

I have a lovely example growing in my acreage block on the edge of the Great Divide escarpment quite a distance to the north of the Blue Mountains. It was planted as a seedling when they were first made available. It’s now about 6 metres tall and coppiced and thriving on red volcanic soil.

[@betrisherninox2865]

The name is aboriginal and is pronounced 'WOLLem-eye'. :) We have quite a number of ancient Araucariaceae in Australia, including my personal favourite the Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii), which has a cone the size of a football and the weight of a small anvil. It even has a death-rate attached to it from people being hit by falling cones! The Wollemi Pine is just one of our extremely special botanical features and much of our continent's unique vegetation is also endangered. Ever seen the 'underground orchid', Rhizanthella, or the root-parasitic Australian Christmas Tree, Nuytsia floribunda? We have orchids so small you need a hand lens to even see them and others taller than me! Anyone interested in plant life can have a blast here in Oz!

[@jameslissaman8331]

The National Arboretum in Canberra has over 100 forests of rare and endangered species, it includes the Wollemi pine and its edible nut bearing cousins from Brazil, Chile and Bunya Mountains in S/E Queensland, a fascinating reminder of the days before the ancient, massive continent of Gondwana split into its component parts.

[@MarioGoatse]

We love our British motherland, here in Australia. Sure, we may be the much hotter, nicer, funnier, and stranger child of Britain, but we’ll always be here to help. Aussie mateship is important to us.

[@Pushing_Pixels]

Mother Britain has dementia and needs to go into a nursing home.🤭

[@Oli_Thompson]

Beautiful tree! Imagine coming across that tree?! It would have just been such an insane feeling!

[@LeaveCurious]

How lucky to have found something new on this planet! What a feeling

[@micheller3251]

This is awesome, their branches look like giant green feathers!

[@defeatSpace]

Fun fact, California redwoods have also been around for something like 200 million years.

[@LeaveCurious]

Wow trees are amazing 💚 hopefully they’ll go for another 200 million years

[@russellclay9506]

But these trees are the champions of hide and seek.

[@xanderomeister7828]

Conifers in general are a very old group of plants which haven't undergone a great deal of diversification. Which is not surprising given they reproduce fairly slowly and tend to be resilient in growth long-term

[@matthewbooth9265]

and they are also growing really well in britain:) along with many other weird and rare species.

[@bradwoodard8289]

@@LeaveCurious They were the most common tree found in North America during the Cretaceous period, but currently are only found on a strip of coastal land from Big Sur to Southwest Oregon. Their ability to grow in extremely rugged terrain saved the last of them from logging, but those are threatened by climate change as our local foggy coast has become more clear and sunny over the last twenty years.

[@grahamgillard3722]

They are for sale in nurseries in Australia. Surprising that they survive English winters.

[@pattheplanter]

Record low at Wollemi National Park -4°C.

[@meisteremm]

England doesn't really have much in the way of winter.

[@HahaDamn]

It just rains in the UK, doesn’t actually get that cold and snow

[@susanjacquier5358]

I lived in Surrey as a child in the 1950/60's, and frequently got deep snow. Have lived in Australia since 1964. I remember the fear of the wildfire near the Woolemi pines...terrible time.

[@Randy-lg1qo]

Me, my mates and curators of public gardens in Brisbane have all lost them. They don’t seem to survive hot and humid. Seem to go well in places like Melbourne (oceanic climate like UK) and west of the ranges of southern Queensland (mild semi-arid) from what I’ve witnessed

[@plant_trees_kg]

Woooooo those trees look so EPIC! 🌲🦕

[@LeaveCurious]

They are proper leafy dinosaurs 🦖

[@susanmcdonald-timms3202]

‘Wool -arm- eye’ mate. (With the emphasis on ‘eye’. ). Thanks for the video,. Greetings from Melbourne Australia

[@LeaveCurious]

I listen to loads of Australians say wollemEYE 👀& I still get it wrong 😂🙏

[@craig2795]

No worries

[@pluffer241]

👍yes, so annoying

[@kevdimo6459]

@@LeaveCurious they speak differently in Melbourne! In NSW we call them Wollim👁️ pine 🌲.

[@susanmcdonald-timms3202]

@@LeaveCurious who cares if you get it wrong, darling? You do a great job. I just thought I would let you know because you seemed interested. (I don’t expect to speak English names of things without my own Aussie spin, either . Lol. ). All good, mate

[@sharonhoffer3599]

I finally bought my own Wollemi Pine recently, such a cool tree, I loved dinosaurs when I was young, so these fit perfectly with my plant obsession now 😊💚🌿 And yes, please pronounce it Woll-em-eye, which is where the tree was found, in the Wollemi National Park

[@rossdownie4055]

In 2011 the Queensland govt in Australia destroyed in excess of 50000 Wolemi pines in their Brisbane nursery after the failure of their marketing plans - at least could have donated to all schools in the state or given free to the public Bloody politicians and public service in action.

[@Mark-ks9jj]

Why doesn't that surprise me, I moved from NSW to Qld in 2007 & couldn't believe the backward stupidity of the government up here, all these years later its not better... sigh, pity we cant put politicians on the endangers species list, THAT would solve many of this countries problems.

[@NoidoDev]

Insane.

[@jenifferschmitz8618]

if pine needs a wet enviroment the uk is the right place

It is called coordinated scarcity, if the market gets flooded with them then the price will drop and they won't get their BMW motorcars and such from the profits.. I would bet someone got a patent on the things and wanted a huge cut of the money..

[@JenE3377]

There's a magic machine that sucks CO2 out of the air, is very inexpensive and builds itself. It's called a TREE 🌳

[@TenOrbital]

Yeah as you guessed a little way in it’s pronounced in Australia as Wollem-eye

[@fugawiaus]

I have one about 2m in my front yard in the blue mountains near where they were found. It’s thriving.

[@jaalittle2814]

I was lucky to meet David Noble. A real naturalist, but a few other locals had also seen them earlier. I saw of photo of them that taken in the 1960s from a real old bush man. Plus they spent millions to save them from the mega bushfires in 2019-20. They need our help to survive.

[@fugawiaus]

They actually need our absence. They have survived for millions of years without us.

[@jaalittle2814]

@@fugawiaus if it wasn't for the work they put in to save them from the fires, the only ones left would be in gardens like this one. 😔

[@fugawiaus]

@@jaalittle2814 it’s in the blue mountains area that has burned almost annually for a million plus years. That’s a lot of fires WE didn’t put out. How on earth did they survive without us? (Being sarcastic)

[@jaalittle2814]

@@fugawiaus because the ravine they live in has rainforest trees, which, like Wollemi's are fire sensitive. If there had been a fire there before, they would all be dead

[@fugawiaus]

@@jaalittle2814 let me repeat, millions of years of bushfires much worse than anything today have been through the entire blue mountains and Wollemi. They have survived bushfires again and again and again through the entire area they were found in. Is it your position that there was never a single bush fire before we discovered the ravine??

[@gman7329]

I did a horticultural course back in 2019 & part of it was doing plant pressings, I was fortunate enough to get a cutting of the Wollemi pine as part of my collection. The teacher was so impressed with some of the exotic things I had in my collection I gifted it to her to share with future students.

[@loaguyz]

Your Wollemi(s) are looking pretty handsome, also seem to be some other Australian natives thriving in the background as well, excellent work.

[@AlbertaleoAlbertalei]

A few years ago a local nusery had brought in some clippings and,of course, I bought one. Fascinating.

[@BramBiesiekierski]

They were deliberately mass cultivated and distributed to garden stores. The idea was to make them so common and prolific that it would deter people from attempting to poach them from the wild

[@AlbertaleoAlbertalei]

@@BramBiesiekierski Good plan. Love nature, not to death.

[@kirstymctear5030]

Love the tree and bought one at Kew. Unfortunately my thriving example was killed down to ground level by an exceptional frost that hist Southern Scotland. It’s now bushing from the base. The frost was reported as -12C, but I suspect it was colder due to the damage it caused to other plants and pipework.

[@Brightangel55]

Wow - amazing it survived ! Thanks for growing one ! 🦘

[@eduardomoraes2650]

We have old tree ferns in Brazil too. Google samambaiaçu. They look like palm trees, with their leaves on the top of it and have a lot of spines. They are found in the Atlantic forest, in places like Rio de Janeiro.

[@MissLibertarian]

They remind me of California coastal redwoods. The redwoods branch more, but the leaf shape and the way they hang down close to the trunk, giving trees a small canopy diameter as they get really tall is very similar. Coastal redwoods require lots of moisture and rely on coastal fog. The leaves take in and collect and drip water to leaves below and to the ground. Those planted inland struggle in our dry summers and periodic droughts. Some people install misters or squirt them using hoses. If it was me, I would plant them closer together; Redwoods have shallow roots that entwine with neighboring trees, creating a micro climate as they share water.

No real word on anyone in Northern California, Oregon or Washington trying to grow a valley or hillside of these.. But at $80 a pop and the threat of being sued if they reproduce without paying a fee for each new tree/plant to the patent holders seems to be part of the snag.. Same can be said for Chestnut trees and Ash trees, there always seems to be people like parasites looking to get cash..

[@nickrider5220]

Have always liked trees, they can be such massive, living organisms, often living many centuries and it's wonderful that such an ancient type of of tree has managed to survive against the odds !

[@lmonk9517]

they have these all over the RHS gardens. I think one at Kew gardens as well. hundreds of plant varrieties go extinct in the wild every year, especially rare rainforest plants so it would be good to see more efforts being made to save more species so we can preserve them and rewild them when necessary.

The good news is that new variations of plants do still happen when a cosmic ray or stellar radiation or cross pollination glitch hits the right plant genome at the right time.. Most end up being non-viable mutations but every so often we get a new variety..

[@CricketsBay]

Garden Centers all over the U.S. sell Wollemi Pines. It's really easy to order them online. They grow from Zone 11 to the northern part of Zone 3. People who are far too attached to the USDA temperature zones for plants say they're only hardy in zones 7 through 11, but people plant them in their yards from San Diego, CA to Augusta, ME to St. Paul, MN and they've been growing there for over 20 years.

[@punkn]

Sounds like the 'beefcake' of trees.... It's mind-boggling that anything was able to reduce their numbers to a (pretty much extinct) miniscule amount of survivors. But I'm happy to hear we can plant some on our property here in Midwest US...

[@Duamerthrax]

Can you name a seller in the US. Preferably on the East Coast? I've been looking for a sapling for years without any success. There was one person in Washington selling seeds, but that site seems to be defunked.

[@TishaHayes]

Heh, I would be interested as well. I have 42 acres of forest with some terraced microbiomes that are practically mini-rain forests (very damp, very isolated from people, maybe gets below freezing for 2-3 days a year). If they are not violating some sort of USDA regulation I would put out a dozen or so and give them a few acres.

[@JDDees]

@@TishaHayes Plant Delights online nursery has them from time to time.

[@JDDees]

@@Duamerthrax Online at Plant Delights nursery; USA.

[@paul6925]

Amazing! I used to draw trees like this when I was a kid as I was obsessed with dinosaurs 🦕 🦖

[@Rainbow_Bees]

Those are some cool trees! Keep it up!

[@LeaveCurious]

They’re amazing that’s for sure

[@rewild6134]

It's pronounced with an "I" like pine or me, myself and I, not like linguini. Named after the National Park it was discovered in. Australian ecologist here 👌👍

[@nk53nxg]

Would the West Coast of Scotland be a good place to plant a few reserve stands. The climate at sea level is reasonably mild, high rainfall and plenty space. Inverewe Gardens would likely take a few specimens.

[@nk53nxg]

Just checked, and Inverewe gardens actually already have a few specimens.

[@TomRamsayMusic]

They grow really well on the west coast of Scotland thats where I live and I have two in my garden, also there is a whole grove of them at Crarae garden near Inveraray the environment is spot on they love the rain 😃

[@Janmification]

Nice to see such a stand of these trees. And yes, buying a Wollemi might well help keep them surviving. Well done arboretum, and presenter.

[@andrewmcalister3462]

Yes, I saw the Inverewe Garden collection of Wollemi pipes just a few weeks ago.

[@issigonis975]

They are not that cold hardy minus 12 so risky in all but the mild West or cities. There is one in Renishaw Hall in Derbyshire that kind of size in a sheltered spot. They would grow faster if they cleared the grass from around and chucked on a good mulch. Anything that precious needs a bit extra attention. I prefer the Gingko which is a similar survivor but these need conserving and are unique.

[@CricketsBay]

The city planning departments in the Omaha Metro Area luv the Ginkgo too. Until a female Ginkgo flowers and sets seed, then drops nasty-smelling gunk all over the sidewalk when the seeds ripen in the Fall. It smells worse than dog crap. Less than 1 in 100 landscaping Ginkos is female in this area now.

[@issigonis975]

@@CricketsBay I have read about that and have two which are not mature enough so may get my punishment for liking them. They are stunning in early spring and autumn though.

[@seanmaher2987]

As already commented on here - Australians were given these after they were discovered in order or to help spread them. But I'm really happy to see them thriving in the UK. That's awesome.

[@fieldo85]

Been following the story since they were discovered 30 years ago as a kid and now work for NSW National Parks Service. The last surviving wild trees just survived the Black Summer fires when firefighters worked in secret to save the only natural grove. The operation included large air tankers planes dropping fire retardant, with specialist firefighters being winched from helicopters to set up an irrigation system in the rugged gorge. As the blaze advanced, firefighters were airdropped into the isolated site to maintain the irrigation system, while helicopters watered the fire edge to minimize impact on the trees. The trees ended up with some charring but all survived. FYI It's "WOL - EM - EYE" in Australia. It doesn't rhyme with Wallaby. Cheers for the great video. :)

[@oskarelmgren]

Amazing plants! Very prehistoric looking!

[@PebbleStudio]

Superb. I love this. I am currently writing a book about the geological history of trees. I will be going to Markshall a.s.a.p. have subscribed and liked.

[@Oldtanktapper]

One of the initial propagation nurseries was near Gympie, where I live. There was a big publicity push when they were released and a lot of them were planted all over the place. Sadly the Queensland climate is a bit harsh for a tree that survived in a sheltered canyon in NSW and many didn’t make it, but I’m glad to see they thrive in a number of other places.

[@thickquinkly1560]

Wonderful to see these growing all around the world. My parents gave my sister, brother and I a Wollemi (Wollem-eye, gentle nudge) each for christmas when they were first released to public sale nearly 20 years ago. My sister lives within 100 klm of where they were discovered and hers survived no more than 2 or 3 years from memory. My brother and I lived near Canberra where it's significantly drier and ferociously colder than where they were discovered. We kept them as indoor plants, but about 8 years ago mine outgrew the house and has been living in an enormous pot outside since. It's thriving. Two years ago we noticed several seedlings had sprouted in the gound next to the pot. We thought this was a big deal, as we had been led to believe that they were only able to be propogated vegetatively, but it turns out that this has happened in many other places as well. So, instead of making a major scientific discovery, we're just going to have to settle for being lucky enough have our own developing mini Wollemi forest.

[@chellybub]

I saw some sapplings of the wollemi pine at bunnings (hardware/gardening store) the other day, I am glad they are trying to propagate some. Though I am pretty sure the ones I can get are clones.

[@CricketsBay]

Yes, in the U.S., 99% of Wollemi Pines are clones. They're very easy to grow from cuttings.

[@olsim1730]

They are all genetically identical, the video maker was obviously unaware of that fact.

[@mikeharrington5593]

I love the Bunya Pine, well distributed in Queensland Australia & maybe a relative of the featured Wollemi tree

[@Bareego]

Bunya Mt is my favorite place close to Brisbane, the Bunya Pines are so old and tall there, it's like walking into a cathedral walking among them.

[@nathanlitjens5905]

Yes the Bunya pine, the monkey puzzle tree and the hoop pine and kauri pines are all from the same family

[@christinecollins6389]

Very interesting and nice to see so many people are interested in preserving them

[@C0wCakes]

As an Aussie I'm delighted the Wollemi pine appears to be thriving at this abroritum in the UK. So few of this enigmatic species left its vital they are located in many different locations. And it's nice you now have one of our trees, a nice reversal of all the UK/European trees brought over here.

[@jasminsmithies898]

My Mum has one of those! So jealous, it was a gift to her. I can't be too sad tho because I get to see it whenever i go there! Not as big as the ones shown here however 😮

[@CricketsBay]

Wollemi Pines grow from cuttings pretty easily. A little rooting hormone and some moist plant-starter medium is all it takes.

[@lunch2102]

I know where there are 3 privately owned wollemi that are around 20 years old, I've collected hundreds of seeds from all of the. I also have a 2 year old one myself

[@billbovee1705]

I live in SWFL and swear I have 3 of these in my backyard by the Canal. The white Ibis balance on the tippy tops. So cool

[@dongoldney]

I’ve seen then way back in mid 90s near a spit I camped in Wollomi . I can keep secrets

[@yamal2068]

Come check out The Big Scrub rainforest one day in Australia. Only 1% left and still the 3rd highest biodiversity in all of Aus.

[@jnpowell9077]

The wollemi pine is pronounced with an eye sound on the end. Such a fabulous story of survival.

[@RoccosVideos]

I was a little kid when this tree was found and wondered what happened to these trees since being found. I'm glad to have an update on them and see that they're doing well.

[@user-xw5vq7nf2r]

You could spend the rest of your life searching the every inch of the Wollemi National Park and not find these trees it's the biggest forest in Australia it's bigger then England it stretches north from Sydney to Newcastle and West out to Dubbo a giant wilderness.

[@Maverick1.]

That’s very tall for 17yrs old! 😮

[@CricketsBay]

Catalpa (aka Catawba) trees get that tall in 5 years or less. Giant trees with white flowers and huge leaves.

[@AquaMarine1000]

FYI: To say this tree has no living realtives is incorrect. The Araucaria pines which this tree belongs has a number of living relatives found in Australia, New Caledonia and Norfolk Island. I have (Araucaria Cunninghamii) the hoop pine growing in back property, Queensland, Australia. Cheers

[@lindsaybrown7357]

Yes, I'd read about related species.

[@Alesha_Lewer]

I’ve always been so fascinated by Wollemi’s. I have a little one and hope to get more one day. They are so incredible. I didn’t know there was a small forest of them in Britain, that’s very cool

[@illadelagos8770]

Never seen a forest with a mowed lawn.

[@MP-uw1qc]

It is an arboretum, not a wild forest.

[@wendymorrison5803]

Enjoy your bridge, troll.

[@illadelagos8770]

@@MP-uw1qc would be nice to have a ground cover though.

[@BernardCharles]

Not just climate change. People seem to forget that the continents literally move!

[@user-rl5nd3ys8p]

I worked as a Gardener in Australia for around 40 years . I'm pretty sure I'd seen this plant before it had been officially discovered.

[@MrFoxadams]

I actually lived near where they were found , tiny tiny little village in some super rough terrain, all the locals have a pretty good idea where the valley is but its so hard to get into and apparently they have the army stationed out there to guard it , this was over 20 years ago now , beautiful area

[@k0mm4nd3r_k3n]

"wool-ah-my" is how we Australians say it.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

Wool isn't right, it's wahl

[@DeepThought9999]

Or “wol”. We’re not talking about Wollongong (pronounced like “wool-n-gong”), we’re talking about Wollemi (pronounced like “wol-m-eye”). Note the difference. Ask any Sydneysider to pronounce the name of the big national park west of the Putty Road where these pine trees come from.

[@johnthumble5154]

Any other redundant and useless topics you three would like to waste time arguing about?

[@JohnSmall314]

90 million years old Jurassic rocks? The Jurassic was 196.6 to 145.5 million years ago. 90 million years ago is the Cretaceous

[@LeaveCurious]

Yeah sorry I do make mistakes! Never any shortage of knowledge in the comments 🤟

[@redsword1659]

The rocks are jurassic

[@redsword1659]

The bottom of the valley is permian, the top is jurassic, most of it is triassic and there was formerly a layer of ironstone across the top of the lot which is now almost completed eroded away.

[@jsa-z1722]

We Aussies pronounce Wollemi as if the woll rhymes with wool and the mi rhymes with sky.

[@greenghoul157]

Even though I prefer seeing thistles, toadflax and violets growing in my garden I love seeing rare and endangered trees thriving in the UK, wollemi pines are truly living history that we're lucky have survived

[@caracaracoral9847]

why not introduce the tree into a place it survives in better like the queensland rainforest or the temperate rainforests of tasmania?

[@caracaracoral9847]

@user-cd9zp5tn7s i suggested places close to where it is now because it has a possibility to become invasive especially if it does exceptionally well in that climate. and in australia there is still potential that an animal can feed of the tree and keep it in check

[@caracaracoral9847]

@user-cd9zp5tn7s and also i meant planting in forest and in the wilderness instead of parks. also it’s very dangerous to introduce plants that have had zero contact before hand with the ecosystem. and why would we want britain full of a tree from subtropical australia anyway? it undermines the beauty of natural britain

[@raclark2730]

@@caracaracoral9847 not likely to be an invasive too specialist.

[@LadyAlriandi]

@@caracaracoral9847 If the Wollemi Pines became invasive, that would be good because it means the species is surviving.

[@jickles5078]

​​@@LadyAlriandi Thatis not true ^ while it would be greatfor the Wollemi Pine to have its numbers boosted through being kept in properly enclosed spaces, it is NEVER a good thing if a species becomes invasive in the ecosystem it enters. Imagine how horrible it would be if the tree that was once known for its absolute uniqueness and beauty becomes known as another example of "That really frustrating invasive plant"? There would be a constant effort to get rid of it, rather than foster it.

[@grandmasteryoda6717]

Oh, those are araucariaceae. We have those in southern Brazil too.

[@elaineflohr9145]

I’ve got one too in Qld. Slow growing. Was planted by previous owner two years before we brought property. I’m very glad to have one.

[@TheNaughtyKing1]

I’m currently cold stratifying some Giant Sequoia seeds but will look into getting these next if I turn out to have a green thumb! Markshall isn’t far from me either so will have to pop down and have a look! Great vid!

[@user-uq8wn4yf5q]

The wollemi are pronounced my not me.

[@browniewin4121]

If this tree grows fast and so very tall I wonder how can it could be keep it in a pot in a house. Why say a person can have one but not say how and where to get one?

[@LeaveCurious]

I believe they’re hard to come by, especially here in the UK - take a look on google depending on where you live

[@raclark2730]

You can keep then in pots and they are in commercial chain stores in Australia, should be available over time.

[@lenipr1]

I have planted several of these trees. They all died. In my opinion they are not hardy at all.

[@raclark2730]

@@lenipr1 What is your soil type and climate. ?

[@LootFreak]

I being Australian. I never realised until I travelled the globe how truly unique our big island is. Australia is something out of a fairy tale compared to the rest of the world when it comes to its Plants, Grasses, Animals and Weather.

[@MegaDeepRoots]

The Leaf structure is similar to both Redwood tree leaves and Dawn Redwood tree leaves.

[@az55544]

Why not mention how you can own a tree not just that you can own one? In which countries are they available? And how about naming the tree in your text intro for copy/paste ease so that I can now go and search for it. Every little helps!

[@LeaveCurious]

I didn’t say where to get them from, as it’ll vary depending on where you’re from - a search online should hold the answers

[@PH4RX]

1:52 and even when you search for "dinosaur tree" it will come up. And then you search for buying or ordering.

[@graphite2786]

Here let me help you,- I know how to use Google! I KNOW it's hard but I'm an expert 😊 😁 Wollemia nobilis is the tree you are looking for. • go to Google • Use your keyboard and put in the following letters - W o l l e m i a • Make a space then put in- For sale. • Press "search" You will then get a NEW PAGE! These are the results 😊 Check the results for Wollemia trees that would fit your budget 🎉 Hope That Helps💥👋🏿👍🏿

[@noeraldinkabam]

Wollemi pines. Took me exactly 10 seconds to google. How long did it take you to complain? As if you are owed. Tsk

[@htimsid]

@az55544: Every little helps what? It takes seconds to find the information you complain about.

[@tinfoilhomer909]

lost me at climate change, don't care the context

[@BarTGila]

If these trees can live in England they most likely would do well here in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. We have almost the same weather as England. Perhaps we should see about starting some here.

[@CricketsBay]

Nurseries and landscaping centers in the U.S. sell Wollemi Pines. They're pretty easy to order online too.

[@BarTGila]

@@CricketsBay Thank you. I will have to look into that.

[@sheogoraththedaedricprince9675]

I am glad these are being saved. They give a glimpse at what the landscape looked like all those millions of years ago. I wonder how much more plant diversity there may have been back then.

[@peterw2845]

I have 6 in pots in my backyard, the second oldest isn’t doing so good for whatever reason. I had to trunk chop 3 last year to get them in the removal truck and they are doing fine now.

[@RacerX888]

There are trees in the Philippines with branches that look remarkably similar to these trees.

[@Drunk3nMas7er]

The crew from UQ (University of Queensland) went out with a fire truck and protected the Valley in the big Bush Fire that took our NNSW a couple of years back. My friend who's the head of OHS of UQ still won't tell me the location, but nice to know it was saved. But amazing to have a specimen where bark and tree are symbiotic and not integrated in a single genome.

[@grahamvirgil]

The other Dinosaur tree is the Magnolia Tree !The first flowering tree without Bees....The Beatle was the pollinator of this flowering old tree, that grows everywhere in the South in USA!

[@guerillaguru8650]

I got one in my garden in the Netherlands i grew it myself from a seed and now it is almost two meters high,in winter when it is freezing i'll keep it warm with bubbleplastic. Hopefully this tree will give seeds in time.

[@codyasano]

This was a such a cool video my dude! The old world plants have always fascinated me and watching this was a treat

[@rickystarduster]

they should send saplings around the world so we could have trees like this around the world. also now we know the perfect place for a real life jurassic park. congrats Austrialia

[@raphlvlogs271]

the dark flattened foliage seems to be an adaptation to shade

[@Mark-ks9jj]

So great to see, I had one as a bonsai years ago when they were first released onto the market here in Australia, but alas phytophera got it in the end.

[@esbrasill]

Looks just like the Araucaria i have in my backyard!

[@raclark2730]

They are distant cousins from distant times.

[@chrismack5908]

We have a thriving Wollemi here in Sacramento! We purchised from NatGeo 10 years ago!

[@Duhble07]

What a fantastic story. Had no idea and so glad habitat restoration and expansion is taking place. Thx. I’ve gotta get my hands on a few.

[@jessicarowley9631]

Thank you for this lovely video. I do want one (or two?) of these that will go into my garden eventually.

[@hotsauceonme7792]

I have seen some in Adelaide, South Australia people have planted, although when they get really big here they tend to dry out at the top, near Mount Lofty just outside the city they can survive though :)

[@robinhodgkinson]

There is another niche habitat in Australia called Palm Valley in central Australia. It is the only remaining location of the Red Cabbage palm which lines the spring fed creek that meanders down the small valley. The surrounding desert was once a much wetter environment and but for the spring this species would long ago have become extinct.

[@dawidm08277]

Thank you for episode about prehistoric plants🌳🌲