Identification: What is the name of plant ?

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  1. TUTMOS

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    please help me to find this plant latin name
     

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    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Caucasian Spruce Picea orientalis.
     
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    It's a spruce all right, but isn't as gold as my oriental spruce.
     
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    what do you think is it possible picea orientalis or picea normandiana ?
     
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    I'm no spruce expert, but oriental spruce has very short (shortest of all spruces) needles 1/4"- 1/2" long, blunt or rounded at the apex, quadrangular in cross section with 1-4 lines of stomata on each surface
     
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    what about Abies nordmanniana ? is it possible it is Abies nordmanniana ?
     
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    My golden oriental spruce may be a cultivar and may not be typical of the species. The species has lustrous dark green needles.
     
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    Abies Nordmanniana has almost black green needles. Can you roll the needles between your fingers? Spruce are square and roll well. Fir are flatter and don't roll.
     
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    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Definitely Picea orientalis, not an Abies, that is very different.
     

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