#agathis

[araucariales]

Agathis robusta

Queensland Kauri in western park, Auckland. You can spot cones in the canopy if you look closely. Not sure of exact coordinates. -36.857000442841844, 174.7507930419915 Scan of half the trunk from later date, other side not accessible

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[sillovain]

Came across this video about striking cuttings with the absolute bare minimum of materials. The core idea is; if you keep the growing environment sterile + provide enough light/water for long enough, many plants that do not normally sprout from cuttings can do so eventually (ie. months to years) even without hormonal treatment.

So on a whim, I decided to try this (fairly unseriously).

Took some 10-15cm long (barely woody) trunk shoots from a streetside conifer - Agathis bornensis (ie. Dammar/Borneo Kauri).

Stick into plastic takeaway cup, filled with pure perlite. Wet until medium was soaked through but not visible water level.

Stick under shade (ie. bigger plants)

About 6 months later, all the cuttings have rooted (caveat being, n=2). In hindsight, a lot of this could be done better; I did not expect anything to happen and so I was not particularly meticulous about upkeeping the environment. Pure speculation, but this species is quite dry tolerant, also resin producing (ie. more leeway with drying out/infection even if not maintained well?).

AFAIK, there isn't much info on how to grow this species from cuttings, the most I can find is regarding the NZ species: A.australis. Which is said to be hard to strike. Also, long term prospects of cutting derived conifers is kinda eh. But yeah, Im just gonna keep trying this with other things.

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Agathis moorei - Moore's kauri. Conifers of the World - Conifer grafts, seedlings and cuttings. Online shopping, shipping worldwide.

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Encyclopedia: Agathis - Kauri descriptions. Conifers of the World - Conifer grafts, seedlings and cuttings. Online shopping, shipping worldwide.