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Large Cacti (Cacti)

This one of several large cacti growing in the Galapagos Tortoise Area. Photo taken March 26, 2011.



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Wonderful .. but I can't see the tortoise ...

31 Mar, 2011

 

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



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