Don Jorge
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Sierra San Pedro Martir Cypress
Hi. Does anyone know, quoting Norm Roberts here, "which isolated localities of the eastern escarpment of the San Pedro Martir, on rocky ridges and
slopes above 2,000 m." one may find Cupressus forbesii?
If you know and are willing to share the info, could you respond here or send me a u2u. I have permits to collect viable female cones and am looking
for some specific direction.
Thanks in advance for any help!
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Tho not exactly what you wanted, we saw a "cone" in our short trek up Diablo Cn, Friday. It had washed down the canyon from somewhere. To our
uneducated eyes it was just a "pine cone" but cound have come from any tree that produces these cones.
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Mexitron
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Don Jorge--are you looking for the endemic San Pedro Martir Cypress--Cupressus montana? Or C. forbesii?
I collected C. montana just above the old miner's shack in the Aspen Grove at the south end of the park. They spill over there from their
predominant locale on the eastern escarpment. You used to be able to drive right to it but the park closed it off to driving last time I was there.
Beautiful tree. One seedling I grew had the form of an Italian Cypress! I gave it to Tree of Life Nursery--hopefully they still have it. Very easy
to grow from seed.
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Don Jorge
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Thanks Mexitron! That is the one, the endemic, I am looking for and Mike at Tree of Life nursery has the permits and asked me to bring some seed if I
could. As you know, that species is an awesome specimen and grows well and quickly in our parts.
Once again, thanks!
[Edited on 3-29-2005 by Don Jorge]
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David K
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Jorge, termites got to my 18 year old potted boojum cutting (broke my heart)... I would like to try again, what is needed to bring in a soil free,
branch cutting, perhaps 12-24 inches in length?
If you didn't read my original story on this, I liberated two 1 ft. brances of the four that had emerged from a wind snapped (about 5 feet above
ground) boojum tree. One rooted, and thrived... sending out tiny branches and leaves, eventually flowers, each year... grew about 4 inches taller in
the 18 years! The two remaining branches on the mother tree grew about 12 inches over the same 18 years.
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Mexitron
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David K--Grigsby's Cactus in Vista has Boojums for sale if you want to go that route. Got one last year..survived the rains just fine. I'm going to
plant it on my lot in Borrego next week(where I'm doing the landscaping before building the house!).
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