National Parks Senior Pass cactus id

[mpan]

Hi folks
What is this cactus?
Thank you
M

[vlani]

Echinocereus mojavensis

[mpan]

Thanks vlani
Nobody else spoke up
You must be right
m

[mpan]

viani
HOW do you that ?
m

[mpan]

viani
HOW do you know that ?
I went to gov sites and no info.
m

[mpan]

Hi folks
I'd also like to know
who took the picture
when and where it was taken
and
why this particular pic was chosen to adorn the Senior Pass card
Please help
m

[cactushobbyman]

Pictures on passes will be hard to find the author. I have seen originals entered into contests and the rights are given up to the producers of the new products. Or a theme is pick and pictures are entered. Locally, the "Blossom Trail" does a contest and the winner does receive some money and the rights are given to the "Blossom Trail" and they can use the originals as they want. I'm not sure if the give credit to the author every time they reuse the picture since they bought the rights. Learning to know the names of cactus comes with time, and a lot of help from the site.

[mpan]

Hi folks
Back side of card says
Grand Staircase Escalante - Cheryl Decker
No name of cactus of course
I believe vlani's ID completely but was hoping for more confirmation
Oh - Fantastic collection Cactushobbyman
m

[DaveW]

Did a web search and came up with the following from Kane County Chapter of Utah Native Plant Society:-

"Our February meeting will feature a workshop on propagating native plants by Holly Beck, botanist with the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, and Cheryl Decker from Zion National Park."

It seems "Hobbyman" is correct, since the other credits for passes on this link state the name of the photographer, so presumably Cheryl Decker took the picture:-

https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/passes.htm

The simplest way to resolve the matter is to just contact her here from this link and ask if she took it and name of species:-

http://crosswatershed.net/participants/page/2/

[mpan]

i did try contact
No reply
Thank you folks