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Landscape at Tucson, Arizona with
the popular Carnegia gigantea |
Echinocereus fendleri near Phoenix, Arizona. Close-up photo
of flower showing the magnificent, intensive coloured petals.
This is a very variable species with spines many different colours
and shapes. Many populations comes from areas with very low temperatures
and are also suitable for protected rock gardens or unheated
greenhouses in Europe. |
Echinocereus fendleri (v. fasciculatus?)
forming a nice cluster in dry grass
growing between Grand Canyon and
Flagstaff, at 1.800 metres. |
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A hanging branch from a gigant
Saguaro, Carnegia gigantea, made it possible to
photograph the wide open, nocturnal white flower. Otherwise it
can be difficult to reach the flowers which arise from the top
of the very tall plant.
This species reaches to ca 12
metres tall and 60 cms thick. It grows very slowly and you can
not expect flowers on cultivated plants. |
Opuntia basilaris with the blue segments and reddish glochids.
Population south of Vickensburg, Arizona. Some populations are
very cold resistant, but as it does not like rainy, humid winters
it is not easy to grow in rock gardens in Sweden. Maybe it will
be more safe in an unheated greenhouse. |
A bushy, flowering Opuntia species near Phoenix,
Arizona. |
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