Re: Monterey Pine (and fast growing plants)
Barry Garcia wrote:
>
> this is somewhat way off subject but.....
>
> i was watching Xena: the warrior princess, and i started to look at the
> scenery they film in. Since they film in Auckland, you get to see some
> nice plants from the area. I did notice in practically every shot,
> monterey pines. I didnt think they were THAT common around there (aside > from the lumber farms). Anyways, one of the scenes theyre running through what looks like to me a large plantation of these trees....all pine and nothing else.....reminded me of the hills around Monterey during spring (since the grasses under the trees were green)......
>
> anyways just some late night observations....
Hi Barry
Not being a fan of our local heroine myself I haven't seen many of the
incidents, but I wonder if they actually confine their filming to just
around Auckland or whether they occasionally go further afield, say into
the central forest areas, for some of their incidents.
I cannot myself remember seeing many of these pines in my visits to
Auckland, but then I wasn't actually looking out for them. I have an
idea, though, there may be a stand in one of their local parks, and that
was conceivably what you saw.
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand
