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.
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)
I had a monkey puzzle tree in the yard of a house when I was a kid. What a terrible thing. The "leaves" 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'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. Edit, after a little research it turns out that we had a false monkey puzzle tree. Its cones can weigh 20 lb.
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.
Yes, great trees
It's a shame that it didn't get pollinated. Araucarias are fascinating plants.
And tasty
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)
Thank you. Good tip but a lot of work
Thanks for showing us these unique cones.
You are welcome
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!
You got seeds? 😁
I had a monkey puzzle tree in the yard of a house when I was a kid. What a terrible thing. The "leaves" 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'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.
Edit, after a little research it turns out that we had a false monkey puzzle tree. Its cones can weigh 20 lb.
A bunya pine? Very tasty seeds but yes, cleaning the scales is a pain
Interesting a tropical tree is growing in Germany
Here in Australia we have quite a number of trees from this genus.
You are welcome. How many are edible except the bunya pine?
This tree is not from the tropics, it grows in patagonia and at considerable hights up in the andes
Haven't checked for a week and one video reached 1k 😂 maybe that continues now
Yes, if you watch it 1000x 😂
Awsome
It is very rare that you that you can pick cones from the tree
Lucky day
Wir brauchen Menchen!
Menschen oder Männchen? 🤔
Schräg, Dich Deutsch sprechen zu hören! 😅
Warum schräg? 😂
@@allthefruit Na, weil Du in Deinen Videos halt sonst nur Englisch sprichst. Einfach ungewohnt 😃
Falsch 😂 ich spreche viele Sprachen in meinen Videos 😁
@@allthefruit Ja, stimmt natürlich. Da ist wohl der Muttersprache-Bias am Werk gewesen!
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