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Monkey Puzzle

Another imposing specimen from Ooty Botanical Gardens



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That one has an interesting shape. It looks like it has sustained some wind damage at one time.

22 Jan, 2012

 

This is a old specimen, the picture does not do justice to it, It was planted in 1890's when this garden was established.

22 Jan, 2012

 

The old large Araucaria specimens are the most impressive! I have seen many large ones here. However, the most beautiful Araucaria bidwillii specimen I've ever seen is growing in a city in the San Francisco Bay Area (where I used to live).

The tree posted (above) is actually the Bunya-Bunya tree (Araucaria bidwillii). The Monkey Puzzle tree is Araucaria araucana, which has much larger rope-like leaves. It tends to grow much more sparsely.

Here's a pic of the Bunya-bunya tree:

http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/203930-araucaria-bidwillii-bunya-bunya-tree/member/Delonix1

22 Jan, 2012



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