CSSA habitat tour in Brazil (with pictures)

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CSSA habitat tour in Brazil (with pictures)

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Hi all,

From today June 8 until June 28 I will be guiding a field trip for a group from the CSSA, and I try to report on the progress of the trip and post some picures here. The itinerary will cover most of the cacti species that grow in the states of Bahia and Minas Gerais, Brazil. We started today visiting a habitat near Salvador, the capital city of Bahia. The habitat consists of white sand dunes where four cactus species grow: Pilosocereus catingicola subsp. salvadorensis, Pilosocereus pentaedrophorus, Cereus fernambucensis and Melocactus violaceus subsp. margaritaceus. The weather was not so good, and we had a couple of light showers while we were at the habitat, but the rain was not too bad.

Here is a picture of this habitat:
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Here is another picture of the habitat:
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Below are some pictures of Melocactus violaceus subsp. margaritaceus. This is a quite nice Melocactus, the smallest species found in Brazil - plants are only about 10 to 15 cm in diameter, and develop their cephalium after only four or five years.

This is a juvenile plant:
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Here is a little group of plants:
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A close-up of a specimen:
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A young plant just starting to grow the cephalium:
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And a specimen in flower:
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Hi Marlon,

Great stuff, I would love to be there, but I'll just have to look forward to more of your updates - it's almost like being there ! ;-)

Thanks for sharing!
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You're doing it again, Marlon - another superb series of pictures of plants and localities.
Very much appreciated!
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Marlon. Lovely pictures. Am looking forward to more.
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Growing Mamms, Turbs, Ario`s & a bit of most genera in darkest North Devon. Love Lithops too.Now getting hooked on Haworthia`s & Cono`s.
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