Since it is young, it retains its needles while dormant.
Since this plant is very difficult to grow at lower elevations- even with cool northwest summers, I decided to do something a little different.
I planted the seeds on Thanksgiving of 2002. The single germinant sprouted within a month. I gave it a 3-month "summer" in one of my highland tropical terraria, where it would receive warm days and cool nights. Because it was it was growing during the winter, I was able to avoid high temperatures. In the spring, I placed the plant in the refrigerator, where it would spend the next nine months in dormancy. I've been growing it this way for the last 4 years. These plants are very slow growing, so I am planning to keep this tree as a bonsai. That way it will always fit in my refrigerator. :)