tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20633401.post3872678107727915099..comments2024-03-08T23:49:14.722+00:00Comments on Earth, Wind & Water: Arboreal tetrapod puzzlertai hakuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295682681054506388noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20633401.post-42303982880746879852008-05-06T13:13:00.000+01:002008-05-06T13:13:00.000+01:00It is lovely Julia - perhaps the Wollemi will form...It is lovely Julia - perhaps the Wollemi will form a similarly elegant shape but I doubt it.<BR/><BR/>Dan you are entirely correct re the origin of the name; it was someone from one of the large estates in Cornwall I believe.tai hakuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295682681054506388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20633401.post-26177321666455307262008-05-06T12:17:00.000+01:002008-05-06T12:17:00.000+01:00These are great pictures of the Monkey Puzzle tree...These are great pictures of the <A HREF="http://tree-species.blogspot.com/2008/03/monkey-puzzle-tree-araucaria-araucana.html" REL="nofollow">Monkey Puzzle tree</A>. I have read somewhere that the name came from someone in England, back when this species was first introduced, who took a look at the tree and said something like "a monkey would be really puzzled on how to climb that tree". I guess the idea stuck and thus the name.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16462065952130375374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20633401.post-48739516889476302072008-05-06T00:13:00.000+01:002008-05-06T00:13:00.000+01:00It's a beauty isn't it? I don't know enough about...It's a beauty isn't it? I don't know enough about them to confirm whether they are male or not, I'm afraid. My friend took me there as my birthday treat from her, and she wondered why I was actually more excited about that particular monkey puzzle than the Wollemi pine...Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695173188736074202noreply@blogger.com