Madrid Botanical Gardens

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More Feros (I was thinking of you when I saw them Vic!)

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Ferocactus peninsulae

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Cristate Opuntia rufida

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General view inside cactus house

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Ferocactus echidne

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Tephrocactus flexispinus

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Tephrocactus ferocior

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Finally, just a few Agave americana running wild on a slope overlooking the River Tagus in Toledo, half an hour south of Madrid by high speed train. I've never seen such a high density and wonder how long ago the original plant(s) appeared?

Close-up -

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Re: Madrid Botanical Gardens

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Looks good Ross(tu)

The Opuntia in the 4th shot with the elongated pads is linguiformis or commonly called the cows tongue prickly pear, one behind it with large round blue pads could be robusta.

Some nice Feros, I reckon the townsendianus is pottsii though.
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Highest density on the slope to the right of the bridge -

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