Tom and Eric from the CACSS along with Doug Dawson and Woody Minnich and I went out to Florence and environs today. I am usually a hermit when I go to habitat, but it was fun going with other folks today.
A young crested saguaro and a variegated saguaro on the same day. Haven't seen a variegated saguaro before, very cool. Some of the photos came out slightly odd.
Tom in the pic for scale:
Woody wonders where the arms came from:
The recently restored Pinal County Courthouse in Florence:
From a distance we thought this might actually be a real, dead coyote:
Much more cuddly than that:
Woody's high tech sun shade.
Crested saguaro. It's pictured here on the Guide from a couple years ago but I can't find that thread right now:
Lots of photos of the acunensis, too, but I've posted plenty of those already. Some interesting chollas that I'll post separately.
peterb
Group trip to Florence
Group trip to Florence
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- Peterthecactusguy
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Wow those are some odd saguaros. The variegated one is interesting. I didn't know they could be variegated but all plants can I suppose.
The crested ones are neat too. I found one in habitat, which I think is one of the coolest things I have ever found in habitat before.
The crested ones are neat too. I found one in habitat, which I think is one of the coolest things I have ever found in habitat before.
Here's to you, all you insidious creatures of green..er I mean cacti.
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I was wondering the same thing about the variegated saguaro. I have a feeling that they might get into trouble when they get bigger. Those are some pretty large areas of variegation. But then again, I am not expert at all!
I do like variegated forms as if I haven't let everyone know this already!
I do like variegated forms as if I haven't let everyone know this already!
Here's to you, all you insidious creatures of green..er I mean cacti.
Re: Group trip to Florence
I know it's an old post, but has anyone gone to check on the variegated saguaro yet? It's been a couple years and it would be nice to see how it's doing.
There is no cactus you can't eat, but you just might regret it if you eat the wrong one.