Cones of a Araucaria araucana tree

The sculpture : Mœbius ring by Max Bill
On the left in/between the trees: Windfinder III by Ingmar Hellgren
Middelheim museum, Antwerp, Belgium.

[Kathy]

Interesting look at the branches and cones of this tree. They look like multiple arms with fingers at the end.

[Mickey Anderson]

Nice capture, agree with Kathy like fingers going to the sculpture!

[Heather]

Fascinating! Good capture.

[Corinne C]

I love the contrast between the sleek sculpture and the spiky tree. Very nice pic!

[Esther Rosenberg]

Beautiful !How is the flooding in your area?

[bkb in the city]

Very cool

[KWind]

Great shot. I like how you composed it.

[Diana]

Great composition and capture, that tree looks so interesting with all those cones.

[Sh]

What an excellent connection between the tree known as the Monkey Puzzle and the mathematical single-sided Moebius strip.

[Margo]

Are these pine cones or flowers on the tree?

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh that's wonderful

[Nina Ganci]

very unusual plant and flower

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Beautiful shot and great pov.

[Fisher Family]

A nicely composed shot. This looks like a really interesting sculpture park.

I hope that you haven't been affected by the flooding in Holland and other nearby countries. It looks to have been terrible.

Ian

[Pyrrhula]

@777margo The monkey tree generally does not flower until it is at least 30 years old . The flowering time is then always in the summer from July to August. When it comes to flowers, there are also differences between the male and female trees. The cylindrical cones of the male trees hang from the branches. On female monkey trees, prominent spherical cones stand upright. They are about six inches long and fall apart after one to three years. The mature seeds, which are up to four centimeters long, fall out. The oil and protein-rich seeds of the monkey tree are eaten by many people.

[Merrelyn]

Nicely composed.

[Bep]

Mooie compositie.

[Dione Giorgio]

That tree is amazing. Looks like an octopus with many tentacles. Nicely composed shot. Nice sculpture too.

[bruni]

The tree looks amazing and your answer to Margo@777margo is of great interest. didn't know there were male and female Monkey trees. fav.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

The little pine cones almost look like fingers which are trying to touch the sculpture.