Talk:Fitzroya

Merge Proposal
Colonial alerce logging and trade should be part of the history section. No need for a separate article. Benny White (talk) 05:42, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Support. A clear situation for a merge. Tdslk (talk) 18:44, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

Error with image
Hi. The image at right side is not of an alerce, it could be Podocarpus nubigenus. Compare with this branch or make a search in Internet. Bye. Lin linao (talk) 05:56, 29 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Are you sure this is an error? The branchlet you linked looks very different because those are adult leaves. The seedling would have juvenile leaves, which tend to look very different and more needle-like on most Cupressaceae. The seedling is also almost certainly not a Podocarpus, as they have alternating leaves. This seedling seems to have opposite leaves at the bottom and then whorls of three higher up, exactly like would be expected of a Fitzroya. Nucatum amygdalarum (talk) 11:16, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Maybe you're right. I've seen (perhaps) hundreds of small plants of this species, but I can't bet that they are not adult small plants because of its harsh environment. Thank you for your explanation. Lin linao (talk) 02:35, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
 * It's not 100% granted that seedling really is Fitzroya, since many Cupressoides seedlings look alike and errors occur; however it is quite safe to say that there is a clear difference between the branchless seedling stage and later branched stages with mature-plant needles. (Another example would be Thuja plicata.) --Rosetta — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.181.19.197 (talk) 17:46, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

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New estimate of age
FWIW, check the link at: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-new-candidate-for-oldest-tree-in-the-world-is-discovered-in-chile-180980167/?utm_source=smithsoniantopic&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20220605-weekender&spMailingID=46925714&spUserID=MTE4OTYyOTc3OTE0NgS2&spJobID=2260321521&spReportId=MjI2MDMyMTUyMQS2

It suggests that the tree is older than the bristlecone. Someone might like to do some investigation and editing. JonRichfield (talk) 18:25, 5 June 2022 (UTC)