Monkey Puzzle (Araucaria araucana) Cones from the Tree

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• AW

  @AwesomeFish12 · 2 years ago

  It's a shame that it didn't get pollinated. Araucarias are fascinating plants.

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• NE

  @newq · 2 years ago

  Wish I lived in a climate conducive to these trees needs. I was traveling recently and I saw one for the first time and I just about passed out. Araucaria is such a fascinating genus. Very ancient.

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• BE

  @beniaminorocchi · 2 years ago (edited)

  Most conifers pollinate through wind, I guess it needs a male plant nearby (or you can vacuum clean the pollen from a male and spread it on the flowers I guess, they do it with kiwis, even deep freezing it)

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• ME

  @MediaDigital2025 · 2 months ago

  Hola, amigo. Soy de Chile y, por lo que se aprecia en la imagen, esa no parece ser una araucaria chilena (Araucaria araucana), sino una especie brasileña. La araucaria chilena suele comenzar a producir piñones después de muchos años, normalmente entre los 30 y 50 años, y en algunos casos puede tardar bastante más dependiendo de las condiciones de crecimiento. Además, una diferencia visible es la forma de sus ramas: las especies brasileñas y argentinas tienden a desarrollarse con las ramas orientadas hacia arriba, mientras que la araucaria chilena suele presentar las ramas más horizontales o con tendencia hacia abajo, especialmente en ejemplares adultos.

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• GG

  @gggggggggg-ms8lm · 2 years ago

  Thanks for showing us these unique cones.

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• CO

  @comfortablynumb9342 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I had a monkey puzzle tree in the yard of a house when I was a kid. What a terrible thing. The &quot;leaves&quot; were a nightmare to pick up and the cones or whatever they are were as big as a pineapple or bigger. The leaves looked just like the ones in the video but the cones were different, I remember them being like a crazy pineapple. That was in Florida. I can&apos;t imagine wanting those trees unless you have a botanical garden with specimens of all trees because it was an awful thing to have in our yard. When the cones fell down it sounded like a bowling ball hitting the ground, they were big and heavy. The tree also lost a lot of leaves that were very spiney and had to be picked up to cut the grass. What a pain.<br>Edit, after a little research it turns out that we had a false monkey puzzle tree. Its cones can weigh 20 lb.

• MI

  @milbomb · 2 years ago

  Awesome video there is a huge one near my grandmothers house in Washington State, USA. Always a joy to see, and the name sure fits!

• GU

  @gurkengamingpvz21 · 2 years ago

  Haven&apos;t checked for a week and one video reached 1k 😂 maybe that continues now

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• DR

  @drpkツ · 2 years ago

  Interesting a tropical tree is growing in Germany <br>Here in Australia we have quite a number of trees from this genus.

• KA

  @KalebsCacti · 2 years ago

  Awsome

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• SN

  @sneakythumbs9900 · 2 years ago

  Wir brauchen Menchen!

• DA

  @davidsharpe7644 · 4 months ago

  We have a monkey puzzle tree in our front garden. The cones formed two years ago, I dont know its gendre. How can I tell if it&apos;s a male, or, female?