#monkey puzzle tree

[bjekkergauken]

Monkeypuzzle trees are really cool living fossils, ok

[rochnan]

Who's as hungry as this diplodocus? I'm not sureif they'd have eaten monkey tail trees, but this week I learned that they existed alongside each other, so that's my excuse.

I was also very inspired by funny cow pictures.

[violentlyviolettripledecker]

Monkey Puzzle Tree Update

The first chapter of the second work Monkey Puzzle Tree is up!

Summary: Alfie and Edna are married. There are so many surprises in store that neither of them have time to think of what it will mean when the surprises stop being good.

Pairing: Alfie Solomons/OFC (Edna)

Tags: First Time, Fake Marriage (that became real), Honeymoon in Margate, Canon Jewish Character, Canon-Typical Violence, Period Typical Attitudes (especially surrounding virginity, pls remember these are not the author's own thoughts 😬😬)

Read here on AO3!

Excerpt under the cut.

Alfie gave her a look, his brows raised and they both laughed. “Anna’s been on the sauce a bit, eh? Are you ready?”

Edna put her arm through his and Alfie pushed open the door. Everyone was cheering so loud Edna couldn’t hear a word. She did cry just a little bit, just because it would have made Mama and Papa so happy to be here, throwing handfuls of rice and confetti and rose petals along with everyone else, and maybe a small part of her wanted Cece to know that her dress was better, but mostly the tears were because she wanted her family there and they weren’t.

Alfie opened the car door for her and she slid in, holding her skirt close until she was sat down so it wouldn’t wrinkle. Alfie slid in after her and they were both laughing as Ishmael started the car and they started pulling things out of each other’s hair and brushing off each other’s shoulders.

“You all right, Edna?” He wiped a thumb under her eye and it came away wet.

“I just got a little homesick. But I’m better than all right.” To prove it, she kissed him.

Ishmael dropped them both off at the train station and Alfie grabbed her hand and didn’t let go as they boarded and found seats together. The train was crowded. She hadn’t thought of getting a private car since it was only an hour long trip , but she kind of wished she had once she realized they would have to share their car with three men all sitting a careful distance apart and looking at their respective newspapers rather than chancing talking to each other.

Alfie put his arm around her and they sat in a comfortable silence. She rested her head on his shoulder, glad for a reprieve from all of the noise of the wedding.

It had been absolutely perfect.

[drhoz]

#2758 - Araucaria araucana - Monkey-Puzzle 

Clearly a cultivated specimen, but that profile is unmistakable.

First described as Pinus araucana by Jesuit priest, linguist, and naturalist (and early evolutionary theorist) Juan Ignacio Molina in 1782. In 1797, Spanish botanist José Antonio Pavón Jiménez named it Araucaria imbricata - illegitimate, as it didn't use Molina's older araucana. Eventually, in 1873, after several further redescriptions, German botanist Karl Koch published the combination Araucaria araucana, which seems to have stuck. The binomial is derived from the local Araucanians who collected the nuts.

A living fossil from the Central-southern slopes of the Andes, and like the Sequoia an endangered species. Logging, forest fires, and grazing are the biggest threats.

Trees can be over 40m in height, and live for over 1300 years. The triangular, scale-like leaves themselves have an average age of 24 years.

In its home range the long-haired grass mouse Abrothrix longipilis is the main seed disperser, burying seeds whole in locations favorable for germination.

The oldest fossil records of Araucariaceae are from the Early Jurassic, if not earlier. Early representatives of Araucaria were widespread across both hemispheres by the Middle Jurassic.

A popular ornamental conifer everywhere the climate suits it and it has room to grow - Cornwall has a excellent genetic diversity of the plant thanks to the number of seedlings and seeds sent home by miners after the Cornish diaspora.

Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand

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[mothmiso]

Arboret Autumn 2021 (2) (3) by spacevun

[caveundertree]

This plant is super pokey and can hurt you

This unique plant is Araucaria araucana, in the ARAUCARIACEAE family. Commonly, it is known as monkey puzzle tree!

This evergreen tree can be identified by its stiff, pointed, overlapping scaled leaves in a spiral arrangement around the stem. The scales continue onto the trunk, with branches occurring in symmetrical whorls. Its cones are dioecious, with male cones oblong in clusters and female cones globose, upright, and pineapple shaped.

Araucaria araucana is native to Chile and Argentina in woodland volcanic slopes. It is adapted to a variety of conditions, being able to tolerate low nutrient availability, salt winds, shade, and fire frequency. It is able to deter herbivory with both its spines and compounds in its resin. Root suckering allows it to reproduce vegetatively.

[mossandfog]

Exploring the Four Rarest Trees on Earth

What would our world be without trees? Our green planet still holds over 73,000 species of trees 🌲 🌳 🌴 , though there are some that are either very uncommon, or in danger of extinction. We’ve gathered a list of four of the most rare from around the globe, what makes them special, and why they’re rare. 🌍 1. Baobab  The giant baobab, or Adansonia, are a fascinating tree native to Africa, and…

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Transforming Monkey Puzzle Tree: Steampunk, Mirrored Glass, and More -- FOTD Jul 16

Check out my latest post for Cee’s FOTD, featuring the Monkey Puzzle Tree in various AI-generated styles like Steampunk, Solarpunk, and more. Dive into the world of AI creativity with me! #aiart #aiartwork #aiartcommunity

Hi all 👋 My latest post for Cee’s FOTD. One of my favourites, this Monkey Puzzle Tree, can be found in the Burn’s Memorial Garden 😃 Monkey Puzzle Tree As with my latest Fan Of… post (see link 👇), I’m exploring some DALL-E AI preset styles for my edits. I had a wee bit of fun & got a bit carried away with transformations for one of my favourite trees… enjoy 😉 My favourite transformation for…

[violentlyviolettripledecker]

A thirsty little snippet

This fic isn't ready to be read in its entirety yet, but I'm going to post this excerpt.

Pairing: Alfie Solomons x OFC

Word Count: 779 words

Tags: Established(ish) relationship, vaginal fingering, cum tasting

Explicit content under the cut!

“Hello, miss,” he said, and kissed below her ear. “Did you sleep well in my bed?”

She giggled. “Yes. It’s a very nice bed. I had lovely dreams.”

He cupped her breast in one hand and felt a gut-punch of lust when she gasped. He rolled her nipple between thumb and forefinger until she was pushing back against him, her breath high and shaky. He pulled her even closer and sent his hand beneath the covers, up and under her skirt, her warm bare thigh the best thing his fingers had ever touched. He gave her a short little slap, to make noise not pain, and she gasped again. “Open up for me,” he said.

She did, the obedient little thing. What commands could he give and watch her willingly oblige?

He put his leg beneath hers, propping her open, and dipped his fingers between her lower lips. It would be so fucking easy to pull her back and put her on his aching cock, but instead he swept his fingers up to her clit. Fuck, he’d never wanted to see a naked body so badly, it made him feel a bit mad wondering what color her little pearl was, her dripping folds, the soft curls that kept it all secret and warm.

She rolled her hips up and into his hand, then her round arse ground back against his thigh, his cock against her back.

He looked at her face, setting his pace and movements to her sighs and gasps. She kept her eyes shut, unaware he was watching. He closed his eyes too, the better to savor what he was feeling.

Her gasps and sighs went straight through him and danced along his cock like too-light fingers. The desire to plunge into something unforgivingly hot and tight became a high, whining desperation, so he opened his eyes again and saw Edna watching him.

“You’re fucking beautiful,” he said and kissed her. It was sloppy and wet, both of them distracted by his working fingers.

In a quiet, high whisper, she said, “Oh, that feels so good, Alfie. Your fingers… Your fingers feel so good.” She broke off into a whine and one of her hands wrapped around his wrist, not asking him to stop, but keeping his hand where it was.

She closed her eyes again. He could feel her stomach muscles going tense, her leg on top of his drew downward. He pressed back with his leg, keeping her open to him.

“Are you going to come, hm? Make a mess of my sheets?”

She clapped a hand over her own mouth, sending a bolt of bloodred lust right through him. She moaned into her palm as her eyes rolled back. Her hips spasmed. His cock leaked freely by the time she opened her eyes again.

Forgetting her relative inexperience, intent only on his own fucking pleasure, he raised his glistening fingers to his mouth and sucked off her juices. Some salt from her sweat, but mostly she was tangy, a little sweet. He opened his eyes to her shining and shocked dark eyes.

“Never fucking been tasted, eh?”

She shook her head. “What… What do I taste like?”

“Forbidden fucking fruit, you little minx.” He swept his fingers through her soaking folds again and held his fingers above her lips. “Go on,” he said, resisting the urge to just stick his fingers in her mouth.

She opened her lips and closed her mouth around his fingers. His cock twitched. “Oh,” she said, opening her eyes. “It’s different than I thought,” she said, and he didn’t rightly know what that meant, but if he didn’t come soon he was going to be a right terrible person to be around.

“Fucking hell. I’ve got to go. Give me a kiss first.”

She turned her head and he lowered his until their lips met. He could just roll on top of her, rut against her a few times and come all over her tits. He broke the kiss and took his leg out from between hers.

“You should go back to sleep. I’m off to the office.” He stood up, his muscles like a cramp around the hard root of his cock. “I’ll take Cyril wif me, you and the rat can have the whole house.”

“It’s Sunday,” she whined. “Why do you have to work?”

He smiled. “Bakery’s open seven days a week. No more whinging sweetheart, or I’ll give you something to moan about.”

As he thought she would, she blushed and smiled and generally looked like a woman who’d spend the night getting thoroughly fucked.

He had a terrible feeling he was fucking everything up.

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If you liked this, you might like Water and Earth a Tommy Shelby x OFC I'm writing on AO3.

Edited 10/31 to add: This work is now being posted on AO3! If you like this, you can currently read chapters 1-8 of Monkey Puzzle Tree here!

[make-this-into-a-pokemon]

Monkey Puzzle tree

Now this is a tree I would eat

[lonesomedreamer]

THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR (1947)

You’ve been dreaming: dreaming of a sea captain that haunted this house, of talks you had with him, even a book you both wrote together… It’s been a dream, Lucia.

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