Torreya californica Phenology


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Torreya californica ¤
Torreya californica
- Male stobili (upper side of the leaves).
On a male monoecious shrub.
Botanical Garden of Geneva, Switzerland;
April 2002
Torreya californica ¤
Torreya californica
- Male stobili (upper side of the leaves - close-up).
Botanical Garden of Geneva, Switzerland;
April 2002
Torreya californica ¤
Torreya californica
- Male stobili (lower side of the leaves).
Botanical Garden of Geneva, Switzerland;
April 2002
Torreya californica ¤
Torreya californica
- Male stobili (lower side of the leaves - close-up).
Botanical Garden of Geneva, Switzerland;
April 2002
Torreya californica ¤
Torreya californica
- Female cone with lower side of the leaves.
On a monoecious tree.
Already 1 cm long in April, with buds beginning to open.
Geneva, Switzerland
Torreya californica ¤
Torreya californica
- Female cone (close-up) with upper side of the leaves.
Geneva, Switzerland
Torreya californica ¤
Torreya californica
- Male strobilus with upper side of the leaves.
This tree is monoecious with the female and male stobili on the same branches, but different shoots.
Usually there is more than just one male strobilus.
Geneva, Switzerland
Torreya californica ¤
Torreya californica
- Male strobilus (close-up).
Geneva, Switzerland
Torreya californica ¤
Torreya californica
- Female cone with lower side of the leaves.
Geneva, Switzerland
Torreya californica ¤
Torreya californica
- Female cone (close-up).
Geneva, Switzerland

Photos : © Arboretum de Villardebelle


20 April 2002
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