So, What Are Conifers Doing in the Tropics?

I just returned from Tortola in the British Virgin Islands where this Norfolk Island Pine loomed over the house my family rented last week. The Norfolk Island Pine––its Latin name is Auracaria heterophylla–– isn’t actually a pine, but it is definitely a conifer. It seemed out of place among the yellow hibiscus, red bougainvillea, and […]