Species · genus Araucaria · Araucariaceae
Bunya Bunya
Araucaria bidwillii Hook.
Also known as: Bunya Pine · Queensland-pine · Bunya · Bunya-Bunya Pine · Moreton-bay-pine
Cultivars of A. bidwillii
The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.
No named cultivars catalogued under A. bidwillii 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 bidwillii is a large evergreen conifer from the subtropical forests of Queensland, grown indoors as a slow young tree. It wants bright light and well-drained mix, tolerating a brief approach to dryness better than soggy roots. Water when the top inch or two of mix has dried, and let excess drain fully.
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
Bright, indirect
≈ every 14 days
Medium
10–26 °C
Well-draining loamy mix with grit
Fresh seed
Light balanced feed monthly in the growing season
Slow
Does not flower indoors; a slow, sculptural conifer
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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No reference gallery yet
A few clear photos — habit, a mature leaf, a flower if it blooms — would give this page its eyes.
Add imagesSources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d) · ai:claude-fable-5
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