Scientific Name:
Araucaria heterophylla
Pronunciation:
ar-uh-KAIR-ee-uh- het-ur-oh-FILL-uh
Common Name:
Norfolk Island pine
Family Name:
Araucariaceae
Plant Type:
Conifer, Indoor foliage plant
Key ID Features:
Conical evergreen conifer, slowly reaching 3m tall when potted indoors, with regular whorls of 3-5 horizontal branches with fan-like, often drooping branchlets; leaves spiraled, awl-shaped, most 9-15mm long, curved and pointing outwards.
Habit:
Upright
Form:
Pyramidal - narrowly
Texture:
Medium - fine
Mature Height:
2 - 3m
Mature Spread:
1.5 - 2.0m
Origin:
Australia / New Zealand
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Well-drained
Water Use:
Moderate
Landscape Uses:
Indoor plant
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Needle-like
Arrangement:
Spiraled
Texture/Venation:
Leathery
Surfaces:
Glabrous
Shapes:
Acicular, Falcate
Apices:
Aristate
Bases:
Truncate
Margins:
Entire
Additional Info:
Usually only juvenile foliage forms on indoor house plants (adult leaves are scale-like and up to 4-5mm long)
Inflorescence Type:
n/a (male cone)
Flower Morphology:
Colour (petals):
Male cone, Yellow, Brown
Flower Time at Peak:
Aug, Sep
Additional Info:
Unlikely to form on indoor potted plants
Fruit Type:
Cone (winged seeds)
Fruit Colour:
Brown
Fruiting Time:
Additional Info:
Fruit insignificant, Unlikely to form on indoor potted plants
Bark Morphology:
Exfoliating
Bark or Stem Colour:
Grey, Red, Brown
Propagation:
Seed, Stem tip cuttings
Optimal Temp.:
Medium
Light Level:
High
Maintenance:
Low
Pest Susceptibility:
Mealybugs, Mites, Scale insects, Thrips (Pest resistant, Disease resistant)
