Rise of the 'Supertrees'

[Kingfish]

People are dwarfed by a clump of "Supertrees" seen against the financial skyline of Singapore on June 29.

Article posted on MSNBC on June 29th.

Also: Supertrees light up the night sky in Singapore





Amazing - like out of a dream or SF novel! KF

[John in CR]

Super-fake trees or super light fixtures, sure okay, they're cool, but to call them trees especially supertrees is a crime against nature. Using "trees" in their name implies that we can cut down all the real trees and replace them with these monsters. Are there even any real trees in Singapore other than those transplanted as landscaping? If so, I bet it's not many.

[nechaus]

it does look nice..

But i was hoping for super sized mutant trees that are taking over the planet

[nechaus]

But if they are creepers and vines, well

that could be pretty cool, after looking at the structure, it would be perfect for that type of plant that needs to climb something.

[John in CR]

it does look nice..

But i was hoping for super sized mutant trees that are taking over the planet

Yeah, something like a giant redwood combined with a live oak or one of the monstrous rain forest trees here.

[tedcs]

... i was hoping for super sized mutant trees that are taking over the planet

Perhaps you're thinking of the international bankers?

[salty9]

Perfect scaffolds for strangler fig or kudzu. Might even break even on the carbon spent in building them.

[Kingfish]

it does look nice..

But i was hoping for super sized mutant trees that are taking over the planet

Yeah, something like a giant redwood combined with a live oak or one of the monstrous rain forest trees here.

A deciduous redwood you ask? I had 50 on my tree farm: Metasequoia glyptostroboides


Fiery fall colors!

Also called the "Dawn Redwood". It is a strange cross between the Sequoia sempervirens (Coast Redwood) and Sequoiadendron giganteum (Giant Sequoia) - expressing qualities of both: The "leaves" resemble the S. sempervirens and yet the cones resemble S. giganteum. It drops in winter like a normal tree. They grow very fast, 3 feet/1 m a year in the rainy PNW. I thought they were a lovely-looking tree.

Aside from this and the other two redwoods that I cultivated, there was a 4th named Cryptomeria japonica - also called Japanese Redwood, Japanese Cedar, or Purple Cedar. Now that was a very strange tree: The wood has an intense scent to it like Incense Cedar, and in the deep of winter when we have temps down into the low 20s, the trees will change color from oversaturated-bright-green (in the spring) to deep royal purple, with the highest contrast at the top! My local nursery had 6 of them brought in, weighing 100 lbs. each, and I bought them all up cos my future-X loved the color Purple. Truly a spectacular and stunning evergreen (sic) tree to appreciate year-around, and possibly my favorite of the entire estate.


Example of color change from spring to winter. This picture doesn't do it proper justice.

OP: What I liked about the article, aside from the visuals, are that the people are building an infrastructure to support climbing plants and greenery to the sterile urban landscape. It's both a creative & expressive solution, and should be encouraged.

Life should be nurtured and relished, and it begins with planting a seed, KF

[amberwolf]

Yuck. I like lights and stuff (I mean, like LOTS), but those is fugly.


Maybe if they actually get greenery covering them and growing a canopy between them, they'll be really nice, but until then...

[The fingers]

Sort of akin to an aluminum Christmas tree, IMHO.

[Sancho's Horse]

Lit up, they look a bit like sky nipples, blasting mossy healing.
Sorry, but that is what I saw.

[HAROX]

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[Lock]

Thought this tread might have been about farming Aspens... maybe bamboo...
nEVer mind...

[HAROX]

Thought this tread might have been about farming Aspens... maybe bamboo...
nEVer mind...

About beautiful stuff. Hope you are better Lock. Thanks for posting Kingfish. I like the trees.

[maydaverave]

I remember reading about these before they started building them. Basically they are giant multi story gardens in the shape of a tree. doesn't look like they have been planted yet just the bare structure.

[Hillhater]

. doesn't look like they have been planted yet just the bare structure.

The ones in the foreground have foliage growing on the "trunk" area's.

[hydro-one]

Kingfish, you are a poet. Such a meeting of minds here on the sphere. Must say ive love reading it all! Happy precession day to aLL