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On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:53:20 +0100, Invisible wrote:
>>> Well they recon Oaks live up to 600 years or more... On the other
>>> hand, being "indoors" is not a natural condition for such an organism.
>>> (!)
>>
>> It's not entirely indoors, though - the sky looks pretty apparent in
>> the photo....?
>
> Sure. There's sky above it. It's just that it's otherwise surrounded by
> marble. And except when the Sun is exactly overhead, little sunlight
> shines directly onto it. (Though obviously the near-white marble
> reflects quite a bit...) I'd hazard that it probably doesn't get much
> water either, since most of the ground is under marble.
I've seen this kind of arrangement before, and the tree has seemed to do
quite well. Direct sunlight isn't a 100% requirement for some types of
trees, and I imagine there is an irrigation system in place to deliver
water in sufficient quantities.
Jim
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