Don at Serra Gardens in Malibu put a embryo from a seed he thought was bainesii in tc at his nursery. It turned out to be the cross with vaombe. I grew about 200 plants from his first batch in the mid 1980's(?). Many are 10 to 15' + now. They lean when young and shed branches when large. Like Hercules it tends to fall apart when large and old. I still have about fifty big ones in grove together. I'll post photos sometime.
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