 Best Sellers Chinese Swamp Cypress Glyptostrobus pensilis - Cuprespinnata heterophylla, Cuprespinnata sinensis, Glyptostrobus heterophyllus, Glyptostrobus lineatus, Taxodium sinense, Thuja pensilis Detailed Listing For Botanical Name: Glyptostrobus pensilis Family: Taxodiaceae,Cupressaceae Common Name: Chinese Swamp Cypress Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 17 Germination Test Type:  Cut (Full Seed) Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8 This is very rare and unique seed, not just in availability but also in appearance and seed characteristics. It is extremely difficult to establish a germination % on this seed, due to it's nature. The indication on this seed does not give any guarantee unfortunately. In Stock: 1.2 lb Prices Items are priced on a curve, you can buy any 'bulk quantity' up to what we have in stock, some examples are: 1 packet (~ 17 seeds) $11.95 10 gram (~ 755 seeds) $35.00 1 oz (~ 2142 seeds) $69.95 1 lb (~ 34264 seeds) $689.50 | | | Growing Info, follow in order: Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours. Stratification: cold stratify for 90 days. Germination: sow seed 1/4" deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed. | In a Nutshell: * Glyptostrobus, is a small genus of conifers in the family Cupressaceae (formerly in the family Taxodiaceae). The sole living species, Glyptostrobus pensilis, is native to subtropical southeastern China, from Fujian west to southeast Yunnan, and also very locally in northern Vietnam and Borikhamxai Province of eastern Lao PDR near the Vietnam border. * The genus formerly had a much wider range, covering most of the Northern Hemisphere, including the high Arctic in the Paleocene and Eocene. The oldest known fossils are late Cretaceous in age, found in North America. It contributed greatly to the coal swamps of the Cenozoic era. It was reduced to its current range before and during the Pleistocene ice ages. * G. pensilis is a medium-sized to large tree, reaching 30 m (98 ft) tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 1 m (3.3 ft), possibly more. The leaves are deciduous, spirally arranged but twisted at the base to lie in two horizontal ranks, 5–20 mm (0.20–0.79 in) long and 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) broad, but 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long and scale-like on shoots in the upper crown. The cones are green maturing yellow-brown, pear-shaped, 2–3 cm (0.79–1.18 in) long and 1–1.5 cm (0.39–0.59 in) diameter, broadest near the apex. They open when mature to release the small, 5–20 mm (0.20–0.79 in) long, winged seeds. * It typically grows in river banks, ponds and swamps, growing in water up to 60 cm (24 in) deep. Like the related genus Taxodium, it produces 'cypress knees' when growing in water, thought to help transport oxygen to the roots. * The species is nearly extinct in the wild due to overcutting for its valuable decay-resistant, scented wood, but it is also fairly widely planted along the banks of rice paddies where its roots help to stabilise the banks by reducing soil erosion. * The largest measurement I have seen reported is 25.2 m tall and 102 cm dbh for a tree at the Christchurch Botanic Gardens in New Zealand (New Zealand Notable Trees CR/1071, 2012.12.26). The largest reported in the U.S. is 19.8 m tall and 44.7 cm dbh (65 ft by 55.25 in girth), for a tree in the Arboretum at the University of California, Davis (Arthur L. Jacobson email 2007.08.24). more... * The timber is highly valued, aromatic with fine texture, resistant to termites and insects, easy to work. Used for cabinet work, fine art articles, musical instruments, office furniture, and turnery. The root is soft and spongy and can be used for making corks and life buoys FIPI 1996. more... |
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