A very spiny cholla, the spines will pierce leather if accidentally trodden on in habitat and very painful if wearing sandals like I was once and end up with some stuck in your big toe:
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This cactus has got a ginger beard:
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Another super clean Ferocactus glaucescens:
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How's about a 140+ year old Hechtia:
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General view of part of the impressive display in the Princess of Wales Conservatory:
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Lots and lots of Tillandsias:
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Another Bromeliad, Neoreglia concentrica from Brazil:
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Finally an Aloe with a very nice leaf/stem pattern:
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Re: Kew Gardens visit
Nice photos Vic (except the Moore thing which I think is ugly!!)!
Your story of the Cholla made my toes curl!! Ouch!!
Thanks for the Pereskia pic!! Never seen anything like it! Quite surreal!
Your story of the Cholla made my toes curl!! Ouch!!
Thanks for the Pereskia pic!! Never seen anything like it! Quite surreal!
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Joined BCSS April 06 (# 48776)
Tending more towards cacti
, particularly Gymnocalyciums, Rebutias, Sulcorebutias, Echinopses, Thelos, Feros and Mamms (and anything else I like the look of!) all in an 8 x 6 polycarb greenhouse and a few windowsills!-
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Re: Kew Gardens visit
[quote]Is that an Opuntia tree?[/quote]
Hi Julie,
Yes, this plant:
is called Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis, and it is a tree-like species that grows in parts of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguai and Bolivia. This is a forest species, inhabiting seasonally dry forests, and I have seen plants of this species in habitat exceeding twenty meters in height. The main trunk is cylindrical, as are the main branches, but the terminal pads are flattened and function as leaves. The plant drops side branches and terminal pads as it grows, and an old mature plant will only have those at its top.
Here are some pictures of young plants in habitat:
Two small plants A bigger specimen Dr. Daniela Zappi, Assistant Keeper of the Herbarium at Kew, next to a plant about four meters tall These plants are still young, old plants have trunks half a meter in diameter.
Cheers,
Hi Julie,
Yes, this plant:
is called Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis, and it is a tree-like species that grows in parts of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguai and Bolivia. This is a forest species, inhabiting seasonally dry forests, and I have seen plants of this species in habitat exceeding twenty meters in height. The main trunk is cylindrical, as are the main branches, but the terminal pads are flattened and function as leaves. The plant drops side branches and terminal pads as it grows, and an old mature plant will only have those at its top.
Here are some pictures of young plants in habitat:
Two small plants A bigger specimen Dr. Daniela Zappi, Assistant Keeper of the Herbarium at Kew, next to a plant about four meters tall These plants are still young, old plants have trunks half a meter in diameter.
Cheers,
Marlon Machado.
Institute for Systematic Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH-8008 Zurich, Switzerland.
Institute for Systematic Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH-8008 Zurich, Switzerland.