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What a lot of Bottle Traditional Cache

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Rock_Dok: Have had to archive this one as not able to maintain it now,

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Hidden : 5/12/2015
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Well, I think it says it in the name. I have brought you to see something that has grown naturally and resembles an everyday article.

It’s a Brachychiton rupestris, commonly known as the narrow-leaved bottle tree or Queensland bottle tree; it is a tree in the family Malvaceae native to Queensland, Australia. Discovered and described by Sir Thomas Mitchell and John Lindley in 1848, it gains its name from its bulbous trunk, which can be up to 3.5 metres (11 ft) diameter at breast height (DBH). Reaching 10–25 metres (33–82 ft.) high, the Queensland bottle tree is deciduous, losing its leaves briefly between September and December. The leaves are simple or divided, with one or more narrow leaf blades up to 11 centimetres (4 in) long and 2 centimetres (0.8 in) wide. The cream flowers appear from September to November, and are followed by the woody boat-shaped follicles, which are ripe from November to May. No subspecies are recognised.

As a drought-deciduous succulent tree, Brachychiton rupestris adapts readily to cultivation and is tolerant of a range of various soils and temperatures. It is a key component and emergent tree in the endangered central semi-evergreen vine thickets—also known as bottle tree scrub—of Queensland Brigalow Belt. Remnant trees are often left by farmers on cleared land for their value as shade and fodder trees

The cache is a traditional Sistema container, containing a logbook and pencil.

It is concealed in a hole in a tree.  It should be easy to find. Please leave it how you find it.

xxxxxx FTF xxxxxx Roostaman xxxxxxxxxxxx

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fdhveeryf fgnfu ahgf njnl yvxr guvf.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)