Thanks for all your input.

sounds like you might be best off.. growing your small plant.. for a few more years ... to get the volume you need .. to increase the odds of success ...

being impatient ... [like complaining you didnt get a reply in 10 hours] ... might only lead you to have a badly cut up small plant .. that will not give more cuttings.. for years to come ..

ken

Peter where are you located?

"being impatient ... [like complaining you didnt get a reply in 10 hours]"

10 hours Ken? You might need new eyeglasses!

Don't take it personally, Peter - basically if no one has had a lot of experience with something here, they might just not reply. It all balances out, perhaps, ethically speaking, because 1/2 the time we do reply to a newbie, they never acknowledge the response.

I thought a cheeky comment might provoke a response from Ken. (First post, but been reading through others posts for a while.
I live in Tasmania (Australia)
I appreciate your input everyone. I have no doubt my attempts to propagate from the cladodes will fail, but I have given it a shot. Also trying my luck with a few sciadopitys cuttings. (Soaked overnight in warm water, on bottom heat, no mist.

Id love to try germinate some seed, as yet I have had no luck sourcing any here in Tasmania.

Regards
Peter

Here are a few plants that I’m growing.
Lagarostrobos franklinii

Same again

richea pandanifolia

Again

athrotaxus selaginoides

Again

Pinus thunbergii ‘emerys dwarf’

Smaller ‘emery dwarf’

Forked cladode in question

L to R fitzroya cupressoides, sciadopitys ‘the dwarf’ (from John Emery @ manx plants) and emery’s dwarf from John @ manx plants

Not much to look at , but this one is a significant tree. It’s Australia’s only cold climate deciduous tree, fuscospora gunnii

Wollemia nobilis

Sciadopitys ‘the dwarf’

Can’t remember Latin names for the two plants growing in bottom of tree fern stump. Common names are trigger plant on left and kangaroo fern on right.
microcachrys tetragona growing in the top of the stump.

albeit modest, its my attempt at propagation. Pure ignorance and dumb luck... but im having fun!

Thanks for sharing these pictures. Richeas are surely some of the world's most bizarre plants: heaths/rhododendrons/Ericaeae that evolved to look like yuccas/cordylines! Extremely difficult to cultivate outside their native range. A few are growing in Cornwall, UK. I've wanted to see a live one for years and finally got to see a puny but reasonably healthy one at Cranbourne, last year.

Interesting coincidence, the only other Aussie conifer collector who's ever posted here (that I remember) is named Peter as well, he's in South Australia.

Gorgeous plants, Peter! If you were in the US, I was going to put you in touch with nearby (as close as possible) propagators. But I don't know any in Australia, more's the pity!

Very nice plants, indeed. Thanks for that.

How cold do winters get down your way?

tj

Thanks guys:) Its nice to be able to share with like minded folks.

Mainland Australia considers Tasmania to be very cold, but I would guess our winters are much milder than yours in North America.

Its a maritime climate, with only a handful of days reaching above 30’c in summer, and in the winter we get a few frosts with most nights somewhere about 2-6 degrees c, average daytime temperature in winter around 10-13 degrees c.

How about you guys, I assume you have prolonged temperatures below freezing?

Wow! beautiful garden! Thanks for sharing.

Hi Peter, you're having your winter now right? I never could get used to that!

Your propagation chamber looks good, better than many we see here.

Thanks again for the positive feedback guys. Most appreciated.

Yes, it is winter here at the moment. September marks spring.
A cold front is approaching with snow expected down to 200 metres above sea level tonight.
September and October can be quite cool here... I’m certainly ready for some warmer weather!

Peter

The richeas are certainly unusual. They look otherworldly when you see them in their habitat. Australia is dominated by eucalypts, and when you visit the alpine areas where they grow it is such a different environment than what we experience day to day...