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Biggest cacti???

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:25 pm
by CACTI1
Here you can see 4 giant cactus,which is the largest cacti in the world???ImageImage
E.terscheckii-P.pringlei-C.gigantea-E.atacamensis

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 5:31 pm
by peterb
ha, nice photo! They are so cute when they are babies. :-)

"Biggest" is somewhat of a vague term in my mind. There's "most massive" (that is, heaviest, literally the most mass), then there is tallest, densest or most wide, etc.

I think Pachycereus pringlei is usually called the "biggest," but I have seen some photos of other Mexican Pachycereus (forget the species) that are just outrageously huge. I have also seen some truly huge and heavy Pachycereus pringlei.

peterb

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 6:33 pm
by Ralf
peterb wrote:... I have seen some photos of other Mexican Pachycereus (forget the species) that are just outrageously huge.
Maybe Pachycereus weberi ? I think so that some species of Pachycereus are the biggest cacti.

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 8:36 pm
by CACTI1
Ralf wrote:Maybe Pachycereus weberi ? I think so that some species of Pachycereus are the biggest cacti.
I don't think pachycereus weberi is bigger than pachycereus pringlei,usually P.pringlei is bigger.

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 8:38 pm
by exotica
AFAIK, the biggest of all cacti is Pereskia (up to 25 m high)…

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:21 pm
by CACTI1
exotica wrote:AFAIK, the biggest of all cacti is Pereskia (up to 25 m high)…
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:45 pm
by Peterthecactusguy
there is one of the jungle cacti that is growing on either ASU, or UA (AZ state, or University of AZ) that is the worlds tallest. It's anchored to I think it was a 7 story building and is almost all the way to the top.

(I wanna say it's in Tuscon, so it's at UofA but I can't remember)

BTW biggest, tallest, heaviest etc is all relative. It could depend on some factors. For instance natively grown vs a plant in a collection... etc.

I do know that the champion Tallest Saguaro was killed by a combination of fire damage AND flooding.

Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 9:54 am
by robby
My favorite is Pachycereus pringlei. Big enough?

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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 4:22 pm
by CACTI1
Now, see the big E.atacamensis.(10m)
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P.pringlei(up to 15m)Image
Saguaro(14m)Image
E.terscheckii(9m)Image

Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 8:30 pm
by Cactus Charlie
I recently read of someone in India who has the tallest recorded cactus in the world, a Cereus peruvianus, which is 78.8 feet tall, (and knocked the 77-78 foot Saguaro off the top spot for height) and was put in the record books in december 2009... funnily enough there were no pictures of either but it is an official record, apparently!

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:53 am
by CACTI1
Cactus Charlie wrote:I recently read of someone in India who has the tallest recorded cactus in the world, a Cereus peruvianus, which is 78.8 feet tall, (and knocked the 77-78 foot Saguaro off the top spot for height) and was put in the record books in december 2009...
ImageCereus peruvianus in the india isn't in the wild,it has been in cultivate.
Cactus Charlie wrote:funnily enough there were no pictures of either but it is an official record, apparently!
I know Cactus Charlie. :D

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:10 am
by Peterthecactusguy
that's the saguaro that fell over. there are plenty of other cacti that are taller then sagauros..
FYI they also count all the arms. ;)

Re: Biggest cacti???

Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 5:42 am
by Cactus Charlie
This is the Saguaro, Carnegia gigantea....

Re: Biggest cacti???

Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 8:00 am
by majcka
rexroven wrote:Image

This is which cacti??
Does look satisfied with life, doesn't it? :D

Re: Biggest cacti???

Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 8:06 am
by Peterthecactusguy
btw as an aside I know this is old, but the largest saguaro in the world was killed by the 2005 Cave Creek Complex fire. Essentially it was killed by taking on too much water.