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Parana Pine

Araucaria angustifolia (Bertol.) Kuntze

Also known as: Candelabra Tree · Paraná Pine · Brazilian-pine · Parana Araucaria · Paraná Araucaria

Growth habit

tree

Native range

Argentina Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Paraguay

Reference · A. angustifolia

Cultivars of A. angustifolia

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under A. angustifolia yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

Araucaria angustifolia is a large coniferous tree from the cool, humid subtropical highland forests of southern Brazil and neighbouring Argentina and Paraguay. Indoors it wants bright light and steady but moderate moisture; water when the top inch or two of mix has dried, and never leave the roots sitting wet. It prefers cooler temperatures and good airflow over heat and stagnant air.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 14 days

Humidity

Medium

Temperature

10–24 °C

Soil mix

Well-draining, slightly acidic loamy mix

Propagation

Fresh seed; cuttings rarely successful

Fertilizing

Light balanced feed a few times in the growing season

Growth rate

Slow

Flowering

Does not flower indoors; a conifer grown for its form

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Not yet documented

This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d) · ai:claude-fable-5

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