I have one an arrangement from christmas. I normally wouldn't trade any part of it, but for you i will. Please give me a few days to separate it from the others and send it out to you as I'm recovering from surgery I had on Tuesday. Im so sorry for your loss. Please check my want list and see if you have anything I'm looking for. I don't recommend planting it on his grave because the people that maintain the grave yard will dig it up. In my area it is grown indoors, and does very well. I'm looking for a peace lily, Oncidium orchid and goldfish plant along with some more. If you have anything on my wish list please lmk.

(Wild Poinsettia) For inside growing... Have some Passiflora Subrosa seeds from my own Plant... NC P.Subrosa

I was at Yamina rare plants last week on my annual pilgrimmige and spend up but didn't see any in their conifers selling section.You could ring Peter Teece who runs Yaminas production section to see if he has any seedlings in the pipeline for eventual retail sale.Very friendly and helpful (phone 03 9752 0035).I did see a 30 foot specimen in a private garden in the area(I think it was in the Silvan area from memory)although there wasn't any cones on the tree.They really are a wierd looking conifer.There is place you may be able to obtain seed.Try H G Kershaw seeds,P.O.Box 2057,Bathurst N.S.W 2795 ph 02 6331 7136 Fax 02 6331 7175 or Email orders@kershawseeds.com.au.They did have an online catalogue with quite a few hard to get conifer seeds but I couldn't access it at the time of writing.They also are able to import seeds from overseas (legally)into Australia so if they haven't got any they may be able to get some for you. Good luck with your search, C.N.

I am an interiorscaper with a penchant for interior bonsai, I've had a monkey puzzle "bonsai" for 3 years now in a lower light office, watered via a wick and water reservoir, not a true bonsai but my client adores it, she never touched until yesterday and was shocked at spininess, i chose this tree for bonsai presntation because it was in a 6" pot, had gorgeous metallic peeling bark, looked in perspective as a small tree, had multiple layers of foliage etc, i'd seen many other monkey puzzles in the nursery and their perspective /scale was always off, choose carefull and accept it for what it is, the bonsai club folks will scoff, but if you like it, thats all that matters. Regarding training it theres not much to add as its been self pruning and remained appropiately foliaged. I've seen plants in a 10" pot that were 3 feet wide so be aware that not every tree is bonsai material. Do google searches for araucaria bonsai and you can find norfolks that are imports from asia that look cool, I've done norfolk forests with great satisfaction, ck out my website in portfolio, over time the foliage reduces in scale and produces a lush and happy presntation Good luck! Alan Kvasnik www.greencanvasinteriorscape.com Here is a link that might be useful: my web site