Thanks Jaro ^0: because of you I purchased a World Atlas. Dax

No! As in he doesn't want to even contemplate such a frankenstein tree ever existing. What would be the point anyway other than freakish novelty? Humans should hopefully try to save biodiversity of trees instead of just genetically creating novelties. I wonder if one day they could for example add a gene to a redwood tree that makes it hardier to zone 4, grow only 20 feet tall then stop because it has been genetically designed to constrict upward movement of water by gravity above 20 feet, and bronze shiny red in the winter for x-mas. Think of the marketing possibilities.

Nope! You'll have to tell us. Hey, did you ever get up around these parts? You'd need a boat today! My whole area got anywhere from 1.5 to 5.5 inches of rain today. +oM

From what I read about this on p. 162 of the book The Wollemi Pine by James Woodford, all 3 (three groves known to exist now) groves share the exact same DNA fingerprint. Foliage of over fifty seedlings (yes, seedlings, not coppices of clones) from five different mothers was analyzed along with foliage from the crown of the King Billy tree, the tallest tree in the first canyon, and so far no genetic differences have been found among any. But the trees are reproducing. Basically, it sounds like nobody really knows what the hell is going on. An excerpt from the below linked page: Genetic diversity in the Wollemi pine: Bluntly put  there isn't any. The preliminary research into the first population found no genetic diversity. More detailed research into two of the populations still failed to find any variation in the genetic structure of the plants. Research continues, using different methods. This was, to say the least, unexpected. It was suggested that the 38 adults at the original site were in fact the same organism  having coppiced, with the trunks slowly growing apart. Finding the second population to be (as far as can be ascertained so far) genetically identical to the first, it was postulated that perhaps the plants can produce seeds that are exact clones. Another possibility is that the sheer length of time that the species has been extant has allowed it to reach a kind of evolutionary pinnacle. Or populations could have sunk to even lower than they are now  forming an evolutionary "bottleneck": wiping out most of the individuals and leaving only a tiny genetic stock to propagate itself. Dr. Rod Peakall, of the Australian National University Botany and Zoology department, is the leader of the team performing genetic studies on the Wollemi. He has begun studying the other Araucariaceae species, hoping to find some hint about the reason for the Wollemi's apparent clones. Preliminary studies into the Agathis species show very little genetic variation, though there is some. If the entire Araucariaceae family has low genetic variability, this will assist researchers greatly. Previously it has been a widely held belief that genetic diversity is essential for the longevity of a species  to help it withstand disease, fire, and other threats. The Wollemi pine discoveries could well prove an exception to the rule, or even the evidence that debunks a myth. For some time researchers were concerned at the lack of Wollemi seedlings  but seedlings were found in 1995 and 2000 with the discovery of the second and third populations. However, the seedlings are also genetically identical to the adult stock. Basically  it's all a big mystery. Here is a link that might be useful: Wollemia Nobilis Rod Peakall