Argentina & Chile November 2008 - Day 9 - Susques - Uquia 200km

[Mike P]

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I think this is the same Trichocereus pasacana as davids shot. We saw several of these for sale - sadly they would not fit in the bus let alone the plane......

[Mike P]

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I noticed this corner door detail was quite a common feature of shops in the area.

[Mike P]

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And another shop selling skeletons of Trichocereus pasacana.

[Mike P]

And then it was back in the bus for a short journey to the far side of town and the 'seven coloured hills'. You couldn't argue with the name.

I seem to recall Willy informing us that this was a 'protected area'.
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[Mike P]

One of the main plants we had come to visit was Gymno. saglionis var tilcarense. I knew that these were large plants (and the ones we saw earlier in the trip were football sized) but these were vast.
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I remembered to add the lens cap for scale.

[Mike P]

And one in flower.
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[David_L]

A close up of the flowers of Gymnocalycium saglione v. tilcarense.


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[David_L]

The plant in Mike's photo had flowers with a rather pinker wash to them. Either way these were very nice plants.


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[David_L]

There were some large and impressive plants of Trichocereus pasacana at this location. Nice red hill in the background; green one further back.


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[David_L]

We haven't had a picture of Opuntia sulphurea lately, though in Argentina it's always there somewhere in the background. Mike reckons it should be the Argentinian national flower!;)


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