That's a lovely tree. I've only ever seen one horoeka that big before and it was in bush. I'mm wondering if they're a mid succession tree, so don't normally grow big because they get shaded out by the top story.
That's probably riht wildcrafty. The leaves of the juvinile slope downward making it easier for the crown to make its way through the canopy so I guess they strive to get tall rather than trunk-up and grow stocky. Thinking about where these two trees were in relation to the orchard, it seems likely that they were left as wind shelter on the southern end of the field. I suspect there were once others in the line but they are gone. I have a dozen or so horoeka growing here in my garden and several are into their adult phase and thickening up nicely. I also have a staff of lancewood (oiled with titi oil) waiting for the day I need help walking, or declare myself Wizard of Southland. It's a beautiful staff, with the bark removed and the fluted wood exposed and burnished.
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That's a lovely tree. I've only ever seen one horoeka that big before and it was in bush. I'mm wondering if they're a mid succession tree, so don't normally grow big because they get shaded out by the top story.
That's probably riht wildcrafty. The leaves of the juvinile slope downward making it easier for the crown to make its way through the canopy so I guess they strive to get tall rather than trunk-up and grow stocky. Thinking about where these two trees were in relation to the orchard, it seems likely that they were left as wind shelter on the southern end of the field. I suspect there were once others in the line but they are gone.
I have a dozen or so horoeka growing here in my garden and several are into their adult phase and thickening up nicely. I also have a staff of lancewood (oiled with titi oil) waiting for the day I need help walking, or declare myself Wizard of Southland. It's a beautiful staff, with the bark removed and the fluted wood exposed and burnished.
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