Big Bend cacti

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RichR
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Big Bend cacti

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Here are some shots from the past year's cactus bloom (and a few from previous years). It was an excellent cactus bloom due to the near perfect timing of the winter rains.
Echinocereus russanthus
Echinocereus russanthus
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Opuntia spinosibacca
Opuntia spinosibacca
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Opuntia camanchica (I think)
Opuntia camanchica (I think)
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Opuntia azurea var. parva
Opuntia azurea var. parva
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Opuntia azurea var. parva
Opuntia azurea var. parva
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Glandulicactus uncinatus var. wrightii
Glandulicactus uncinatus var. wrightii
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Escobaria tuberculosa
Escobaria tuberculosa
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Echinocactus texensis
Echinocactus texensis
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Echinocactus texensis
Echinocactus texensis
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Echinocereus stramineus
Echinocereus stramineus
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Echinocereus russanthus
Echinocereus russanthus
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Echinocereus dasyacanthus
Echinocereus dasyacanthus
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Cylindropuntia imbricata var. argentea
Cylindropuntia imbricata var. argentea
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Echinocereus chisoensis
Echinocereus chisoensis
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Opuntia azurea var. parva
Opuntia azurea var. parva
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Echinocactus horizonthalonius
Echinocactus horizonthalonius
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Echinocereus dasyacanthus
Echinocereus dasyacanthus
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Echinocereus dasyacanthus
Echinocereus dasyacanthus
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Echinocereus coccineus var. paucipinus
Echinocereus coccineus var. paucipinus
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Re: Big Bend cacti

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I'm starting to add more Echinocereus to the garden. Looking for cold hardy ones. :)
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Re: Big Bend cacti

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Fantastic photos - amazing flowers! I especially love the E. chisoensis!

I just spent 4 days in Big Bend this month - amazing place! Hard to find cacti when not blooming, but I did manage quite a few. I'm not very conversant with Chihuahuan species, so not sure on the ID of many. Would you mind if I posted pics from my trip here to possibly get some help on the IDs?
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please do.
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Here are some photos of cacti I took earlier this month. Any help/correction on IDs would be very welcomed!
I apologize if there are duplicates....especially Corynopuntia...since I rather confused about the taxa that would be there. Some references indicate C. grahamii, others C. schottii, and others a combination of those with C. aggeria. I definitely saw a wide variation as you can see below, but I was unclear if this represented intraspecific variation or not.

Thanks in advance for any ID assistance!

PART 1
The first I'm pretty sure is Ferocactus hamatacanthus!
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Corynopuntia sp.
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Opuntia sp
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Corynopuntia sp.
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Opuntia sp.
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???
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Echinocereus sp.
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Coryphantha macromeris
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Corynopuntia sp.
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Echinocactus horizonthalonius
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Opuntia sp.
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Opuntia sp.
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Echinocereus russanthus
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Echinocereus stramineus
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Corynopuntia sp.
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Echinocereus sp.
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Opuntia sp.
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Echinocereus russanthus
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Escobaria (?) sp.
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Corynopuntia sp.
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Re: Big Bend cacti

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Hi Minime,

These are my best guesses. I still have trouble with the Grusonia/Corynopuntia group. It helps to know which part of the park they were photographed in and when they bloom. I’m also not 100% sure on some of the Opuntias. I have to get park botanists to help me ID those sometimes.

1535. correct
1926. corynopuntia (grusonia) densispina or aggeria
1928. " " “ “
1931. Opuntia rufida
1929. Corynopuntia (grusonia) aggeria
1932. Opuntia camanchica (phaecantha)
1944. young C. macromeris
1946. E. stramineus
1947. correct
1952. Grusonia
1954. Grusonia
1957. correct
1960. Opuntia engelmannii
1966. O. azurea var. parva (O. macrocentra)
1967. correct
1974. Correct
1975. Grusonia
1977. E. stramineus (kind of looks like enneacanthus. Was in in the southern part of park near the Rio Grande? If so, it’s probably enneacanthus).
1979. E. enneacanthus
1981. Opuntia camanchica (phaecantha)
1984. correct
1995 Escobaria tuberculosa
1997 Grusonia ?
2000 Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
2002. Grusonia
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