Large Cacti
By Delonix1
31 Mar, 2011
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This one of several large cacti growing in the Galapagos Tortoise Area. Photo taken March 26, 2011.
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They were walking in another area. This area is pretty large now, it was just expanded a couple months ago. :>)
31 Mar, 2011
Must be a lovely area to visit.... :o)
31 Mar, 2011
Wow they are tall
31 Mar, 2011
Yes, they're pretty tall, however, they can grow even taller.
31 Mar, 2011
They reach for the sky then.
31 Mar, 2011
Oh, these cacti are small compared to some genera which can grow much, much taller.
1 Apr, 2011
I can imagine Andy can recall some thing simular when I was a kid on the Lone Ranger tv hehe.
1 Apr, 2011
Some species of cacti can grow to 60ft/18m tall in CA.
Here's a pic of one of the species which can grow to such heights here.
http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/88682-cereus-peruvianus-night-blooming-cactus/member/Delonix1
2 Apr, 2011
Thank you Andy that is huge is nt it.:o))
3 Apr, 2011
Yes, this one is pretty large, however, I've seen them much larger. There's one in the San Francisco Bay Area where I used to live. It's more than 60ft/18m tall...and probably more than 100 years old.
4 Apr, 2011
That is old amazing how they survive that long.
4 Apr, 2011
The Saguaro cactus native to extreme south-east California, Arizona and Mexico and lives for hundreds of years..it only grows 1/2 to 1 inch a year.
Here's some info.
http://www.desertmuseum.org/kids/oz/long-fact-sheets/Saguaro%20Cactus.php
Here's my photo of one at the Salton Sea about 100 or so miles east of San Diego.
http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/69671-carnegiea-gigantea-saguaro-cactus/member/Delonix1
4 Apr, 2011
Wonderful .. but I can't see the tortoise ...
31 Mar, 2011