Mexico trip November 2007 travelogue

[Paul in Essex]

I've just finished the write up of my latest trip to Mexico, which saw us travel 3000 miles in two weeks from cancun to Oaxaca/Tehuacan and back.

Here is the link

There are lots of pictures of some exceedingly beautiful plants.

I'd be extremely happy for some Ids of the cacti I saw which I generally labelled in the pics as 'a cactus' if you could.

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[Peter]

Super posting, Paul. Very interesting and excellent pictures. Thanks!

[Vic]

Fantastic Paul!! The Agave guiengola are superb looking plants. Did you try the fried grasshoppers?

On 4th, the white spined globular cactus is Mammillaria haageana (elegans). The first clmping cactus is Ferocactus flavovirens and the second with many smaller heads is Ferocactus robustus.

On 5th, the small clumping greenish/blue cacti with upright spines and white wool are a Coryphantha species maybe pallida, the dense clumps of white upright cacti are Mammillaria sphacelata ssp. viperina and the nice Ferocactus are F.recurvus.

I should be able to name a few more with another look through, too much to take in in one go!!

Cheers for sharing.

Meant to ask Paul, on 4th the Agave named kerchovei with a central lighter band on the leaves I thought was A.lophantha?

[Vic]

On 4th, in the picture entitled a few columnar cacti the plants in the foreground are most likely Neobuxbaumia tetetzo and if my eyes aren't deceiving me on the opposite hillside the plants look like they only have a single column and don't branch if so they are Neobuxbaumia mezcalensis.

The large treelike cacti could be Pachycereus weberi.

[Vic]

The columnar cacti growing alongside the Agave guiengola could be Cephalocereus apicicephalium.

[North Lincs Mike]

Great posting Paul.

What a wonderful colourful country Mexico seems to be - gay even ( in the original meaning of the word)

Thanks Mike

[Agavegeoff]

Hi, Paul.

Would it be possible for you add a list of the places you went too so it would be easier to find them on google earth. so we/ I could follow your route from my chair. Thanks.

Great photo's. Some will have helped me with one or two doubtfull names on mine.

[Chris43]

The Cory on the 5th is pallida, no question in my mind. I think that the one after the sphacelata might be Mammillaria carnea, as could be the cactus on the 3rd Dec page, just a rather less well watered version.

Otherwise I'd agree with Vic on his identifications.

[Trevor]

Great stuff ! While they're not your main interest, did you see more cacti than the travelogue suggests ?

Hmmmm, Mexico....another possible destination...

Thanks !

[Clement]

you did a wonderful travel very good pictures thanks a lot