Two years ago we made some pictures of the Pinus oocarpa that was here in the arboretum. It was almost 20 years old, but not very thriving. Although the needles look fresh and healthy, the tree is not growing very keen.
The fresh light green needles
The bark is imposing, looks very thick. The needles are in bundles of 5, fresh green and about 15 to 20 cm long.
This year we found the tree broken, what a pity. It is a rare tree in NZ and not easy to get a new one, I think.
A slice of the stem
Its native to Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica and other parts of Central America. They use it there for forrestry, so you’d think it can grow faster then our little one did. The conditions here were not the right ones.
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