Saguaro cactus forest
By Klahanie
- 17 Nov, 2015
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on our way down to Mexico, (Sonora) through dirty windshield.
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We only ever see these kind of plants in pictures or TV ... very different ...
17 Nov, 2015
Thanks for your comment Terra and Amy.
It is pretty neat is not it? They grow only in Sonoran Desert. And they have beautiful flowers in Spring.
17 Nov, 2015
WOW! That's an impressive stand of Saguaro cactus. Even though they grow here you don't see too many. I've seen them growing this big in far eastern San Diego County (the desert, of course. Which is located in the north-western part of the Sonoran desert). They're so impressive when you see them in person.
18 Nov, 2015
Impressive, indeed!
18 Nov, 2015
I'd love to see them all in flower.
18 Nov, 2015
Seeing those big cacti surrounded by lush green is more of "Its warm here all year"
A huge clump of Organ Pipe Cactus to the left. Its never seen a freeze I bet.
18 Nov, 2015
I would love to see them all in bloom too, but we are passing by in a wrong time. Both ways.
It can be nippy at night in winter in the desert Stan but probably not a freeze. This was just south of the border between Arizona and Sonora.
We are in completely different climate here at the lake......almost tropical. The vegetation here never seems to amaze me.
18 Nov, 2015
I bet these cacti have experienced freezes in the past. They are very hardy.
19 Nov, 2015
WONDERFUL :-)
13 Mar, 2016
Its possible those are Neobuxbaumia sp. Not as large as a Saguaro- but really can fill a valley in Mexico as far as number per square yard.
13 Mar, 2016
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Amazing.
17 Nov, 2015