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Avatar, The Tree Of Life.

This native Rimu tree, is thee largest tree that I've had the pleasure of seeing of this species.
I guessed its age to be around a ball park figure o...
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This native Rimu tree, is thee largest tree that I've had the pleasure of seeing of this species.
I guessed its age to be around a ball park figure of 400-600 years old, as in its juvenile growth, they won't fully mature to a tree of this size before around 250 years in age.
In the time that I stood there in awe of its presence, I had counted well over 60 epiphytic native orchids which had made their home in the tree's massive branches above me, but I wasn't fully able to see all of the branches & estimated my count to be closer to a hundred of them co-existing with this majestic wonder.
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