Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Monkey Puzzle for Mipii, 2 by Pistil

Pistil wrote:
I have been at a meeting in Vancouver for a few days, just a few blocks from the Van Dusen Botanical Garden. Each day after the meeting I wandered around with my new camera. Mipii I thought of you when I saw the Monkey Puzzle Trees. I think the green 'flower' is probably the stalk of an old male cone? That tree had no cones on it that I could see, just these 'flowers'. They are very neat there, seemingly vacuuming up all cones and detritus under the trees, making IDs more difficult!