Carnegiea gigantea - Saguaro Cactus
By Delonix1
29 Aug, 2011
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A medium size Saguaro Cactus growing in Palm Springs, CA. photo taken Aug. 20, 2011.
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Palmate:
It's pretty small: They can grow to 50ft/16m tall...although, it may take several centuries. It grows painfully slow.
31 Aug, 2011
It must have been standing in that garden a long time then! One of nature's better efforts! How wide would you say the trunk was? I thought they were protected and it is illegal to take them from the desert habitat. So you couldn't just stop along a highway and grab a few small ones!
4 Sep, 2011
Lori:
Most likely it was moved to the garden (this cactus is not native to the Coachella Valley or this part of the Colorado Desert - it's native the the eastern Colorado Desert which is in south eastern California and Arizona). This cactus can be moved only with a special permit...as they're very protected in the wild.
5 Sep, 2011
Yes, I was sure I had read that somewhere...was probably one of your pics, D1!!
6 Sep, 2011
Most likely. lol! :>)
7 Sep, 2011
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Medium!! what size is a large one ..LOL
31 Aug, 2011