CSSA habitat tour in Brazil (with pictures)

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Besides the species already mentioned, two other cacti grow at this habitat, one being Melocactus bahiensis subsp. amethystinus:
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And the other is Melocactus ernestii:
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This population of Melocactus ernestii is the form that develops multiple cephalia, and that bears the nomen nudum var. multiceps. This population was decimated a few years ago, when all the plants with cephalium or big enough to produce a cephalium were collected from this site. There were some incredible plants with up to 15 cephalia growing there. I thought that this form was gone from nature, but now I am quite pleased to see that the small seedlings left by the collectors then have grown to maturity, and are now starting to develop multiple cephalia:
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A different individual:
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And another:
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And a specimen with three cephalia:
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If these plants are not collected, then in a few years we will have again plants with more than a dozen cephalia growing in this population!
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Other interesting plants growing here include a species of the bromeliad genus Orthophytum:
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A species of Bougainvillea (Nyctaginaceae) with showy bracts enveloping the flowers:
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Below is a close-up of the flowers of Bougainvillea (the flower is the greenish-white thing in the middle, the pinkish leaves are bracts):
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Also here was the tree Bursera leptophloeos with its trunk displaying its colourful peeling bark:
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