A. cunninghamiana on the Atherton Tablands

[Radicalis Arborescens]

Hi guys,

I've been hiking in the Atherton Tablands in the last few weekends and loved it very much.

I even had the opportunity to see a wild platypus doing his business with no care about Me.

That was amazing.

 

But, staying on topic, I've heard that there's a small and isolated wild population of Archontophoenix cunninghamiana growing at high elevation in the Atherton Tablands.

This happen to be the population where the seeds collected by Inga Hoffman came from and that subsequently demonstrated a stronger cold hardiness than the average cunninghamiana in the big freeze that hit her garden.

I'm so asking you any useful information on finding this wild population so that I can possibly take some pictures of the plants growing in their natural environment. 

Do you know where is this location?

Or do you know someone who can have that knowledge?

Thank you.

Cheers,

Mirko.

[Fusca]

I hope you find them and get some viable seeds! 

[Radicalis Arborescens]

I hope it too but there's not many info around this topic.

if someone knows folks knowing the place please tag them. 🙏

[happypalms]

7 hours ago, Radicalis Arborescens said:

Hi guys,

I've been hiking in the Atherton Tablands in the last few weekends and loved it very much.

I even had the opportunity to see a wild platypus doing his business with no care about Me.

That was amazing.

 

But, staying on topic, I've heard that there's a small and isolated wild population of Archontophoenix cunninghamiana growing at high elevation in the Atherton Tablands.

This happen to be the population where the seeds collected by Inga Hoffman came from and that subsequently demonstrated a stronger cold hardiness than the average cunninghamiana in the big freeze that hit her garden.

I'm so asking you any useful information on finding this wild population so that I can possibly take some pictures of the plants growing in their natural environment. 

Do you know where is this location?

Or do you know someone who can have that knowledge?

Thank you.

Cheers,

Mirko.

 

You want Mount Elliot the northern limit of cunninghamiana 

[Radicalis Arborescens]

So it looks like the official northern limit for A.cunninghamiana is placed in Mount Elliot, that it's at least a 4 hour drive south from Atherton, but some reports about the discovery made by Inga Hoffman named a place "somewhere in the Atherton Tablands".

Sounds like it will not be easy to find them.