Talk:monkey puzzle

RFD discussion: December 2019–March 2020

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monkey puzzle

should be at monkey puzzle tree, it's a fragment of a word hereNdołkah (talk) 10:33, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

This was originally marked for speedy deletion; I converted it to a RFD. — surjection ⟨?⟩ 11:21, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

The tree is also sometimes referred to as just monkey puzzle: [1], [2], [3].  --Lambiam 16:32, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

I agree with Lambiam. There's one just down the road from here, but no monkeys to be puzzled by it. Keep. DonnanZ (talk) 20:56, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Well then maybe it doesn't need to be deleted if that is indeed the case, Wal-Mart apparently is selling them for 17.99 online I want to get one this Spring for the community garden nearby! Still no word on the monkeys or puzzles! Also is monkey-puzzle attestable? Ndołkah (talk) 10:12, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Keep. With the hyphen can be attested. And so can monkey-puzzle tree, but maybe the hyphenation fans haven't noticed it yet. And I won't tell them if you don't. -Mike (talk) 18:22, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

A word of caution: araucarias have huge cones that are hard to see up in the upper branches and that can come crashing down like cannonballs without warning. They've caused damage to houses under them, and people have been hurt and even killed. They should never be planted where people would walk or spend time under them (the odds of someone happening to be under a cone when it falls aren't great, but the risk is there). Chuck Entz (talk) 20:12, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Like reported here, but according to other reports this was a cone from a related species, the bunya pine, aka “false monkey puzzle tree”.  --Lambiam 11:58, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

According to the data from Wikipedia, the diameter of the seed-bearing cones of Araucaria bidwillii, the bunya pine, is about 70% larger than that of Araucaria araucana, the monkey puzzle tree. That would make the cones of the former – assuming a similar shape and consistency – about five times heavier.  --Lambiam 12:10, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

We have one in our yard. It's young enough that it doesn't have any cones yet, but it's super painful just to bump into. Caveat hortulānus. ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │^{Tala við mig} 00:04, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

If you wait long enough, the whole tree may come crashing down, even without anyone bumping into it.[4]  --Lambiam 11:49, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

I have enough trees and bushes already, so I'm not tempted to plant a monkey puzzle, unusual as they are. I do get "bombed" by falling figs though. DonnanZ (talk) 10:53, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

Keep. Old Man Consequences (talk) 23:17, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Keep. The literati have embraced it, as an apparently unmaimed word. Fay Freak (talk) 16:33, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

• RFD-kept. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 23:07, 21 March 2020 (UTC)