Branches of an Andean-fir, also called monkey-tail-tree. The special feature of the ...

... tree is its unusual branches. They are tile-like with very hard and leathery, scale-like, shiny dark green leaves. The triangular leaves are up to three centimetres long, up to two centimetres wide, sharp and pointed in a thorn. I discovered this beautiful fir-tree when I was out with Lilly today......The average gives the world its existence, the extraordinary its value-Oscar Wilde-