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- Mon May 07, 2012 8:17 pm
- Forum: Travelogues
- Topic: My Mexico adventures
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- Mon May 07, 2012 8:09 pm
- Forum: Travelogues
- Topic: My Mexico adventures
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- Mon May 07, 2012 5:56 pm
- Forum: Travelogues
- Topic: My Mexico adventures
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Re: My Mexico adventures
Not sure if spiral stems has any natural scope, Julie. I guess it is just an aberration like the crests and the monstrose forms. If it had any advantage there would be many of them who would survive by natural selection and thus create a new species. Our next stop was San Matias which is about half ...
- Thu Mar 22, 2012 10:03 am
- Forum: Travelogues
- Topic: My Mexico adventures
- Replies: 41
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Re: My Mexico adventures
On 19 September we arrived at the town of San Felipe, North Baja California. Sleeping outside the bus station till the sun rose and we could see the surroundings. Having taken care of our luggage we proceeded towards the promising mountains. It is all sandy here, and progress is slow and to make mat...
- Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:18 am
- Forum: Travelogues
- Topic: My Mexico adventures
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- Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:12 am
- Forum: Travelogues
- Topic: My Mexico adventures
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Re: My Mexico adventures
As the Guaymas-Baja ferry was still stranded we decided to enter Baja California by land which meant we had to travel north to Sonoyta first. Here we found: Mammillaria grahamii (microcarpa), Stenocereus thurberi, Carnegea gigantea and Echinocereus ewngelmannii, Ferocactus wislizenii and a Cylindrop...
- Sat Feb 25, 2012 1:33 pm
- Forum: Travelogues
- Topic: My Mexico adventures
- Replies: 41
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- Sat Feb 25, 2012 12:00 pm
- Forum: Travelogues
- Topic: My Mexico adventures
- Replies: 41
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Re: My Mexico adventures
DSCN2456.jpg DSCN2482.jpg The ferry from Guaymas was canceled because at the time hurricane Lane was approaching. This hurricane was one of the most devastating storms in 2006 costing $202 million in damages but it never reached Guaymas. So, while we contemplated about the fate of Guaymas and wheth...
- Sat Feb 25, 2012 11:09 am
- Forum: Travelogues
- Topic: My Mexico adventures
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Re: My Mexico adventures
Still in the State of Sonora, we traveled to Guaymas near the sea of Cortes, with the hope of boarding a ferry to Baja California. We explored the hills surrounding Guaymas, finding Ferocactus emoryi (convillei) with the rarer yellow flower forms rather than the red forms we are used to. Mammillaria...
- Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:15 pm
- Forum: Travelogues
- Topic: My Mexico adventures
- Replies: 41
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