I recently collected seed for various Araucaria species (cunninghamia, columnaris, bidwillii, rulei, angustifolia) and two Agathis species (robusta, australis). I'm not having much luck with germination, however. I'm not sure the A. bidwillii seed are mature, but the others are and not over-mature either, as best I can determine.

Any advice regarding germination and storage?

Thanks for your thoughts.

Have just noticed your post. I germinated A. bidwillii (Bunya Pine) once and found that it can take anywhere between 1 and 5 years to germinate. A. cunninghamii (Hoop Pine) seems to be a little quicker, I have some large trees in the reserve across the street from my place and there are numerous young trees sprouting underneath the main trees. I think that they will store well as they are native to our 'drier' subtropical and tropical rainforest areas and as such will remain viable for much longer than many other rainforest species. I don't think that refrigeration would be an option though.

In regards to Agathis. Agathis australis is the New Zealand Kauri Pine and I don't know much about it except that it comes from the temperate north island of New Zealand. Agathis robusta (Queensland Kauri) comes from the tropical and subtropical rainforests of Queensland but I don't know how long their seed takes to germinate.

Andrew.