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Hi guys. I just got back from my summer trip visiting the 6 days and parks inside from July 13th - 21st.
I will be posting the cacti related pictures on this thread, and my travel pictures of various national parks ( Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Yellowstone Natl. Park, Grand Teton Natl. Park, Arches Natl. Park, etc. ) on my thread in the free for all section.
Descriptions will be on the [color=red]bottom[/color] of each picture.
Thanks for all the input.
This is one of the few cacti I saw personally ( closely ) on my 7 day trip. This shot was taken in Arches National Park in Southeast Utah.
This was another plant taken in Arches National Park in Southeast Utah.
I will be posting the cacti related pictures on this thread, and my travel pictures of various national parks ( Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Yellowstone Natl. Park, Grand Teton Natl. Park, Arches Natl. Park, etc. ) on my thread in the free for all section.
Descriptions will be on the [color=red]bottom[/color] of each picture.
Thanks for all the input.
This is one of the few cacti I saw personally ( closely ) on my 7 day trip. This shot was taken in Arches National Park in Southeast Utah.
This was another plant taken in Arches National Park in Southeast Utah.
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Some more pictures. Descriptions will be provided beneath each picture. Thanks for all input.
* Most pictures were wild cacti, but a few that I photographed were on local stores, which I will say if it is.
This was taken in Arches National Park in Utah near one of the walking trails.
This was taken in a plant store some 100 miles outside of Billings, Montana.
* Most pictures were wild cacti, but a few that I photographed were on local stores, which I will say if it is.
This was taken in Arches National Park in Utah near one of the walking trails.
This was taken in a plant store some 100 miles outside of Billings, Montana.
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Here's some more.
This bundle of cacti was HUGE. I am not even kidding. This picture was taken in Red Rock Park near Denver, Colorado. This plant was right next to the gift shop next to the women's bathroom.
Here's another picture of it. Very neat. Unfortunetly, I saw this on the first day of my 7 day trip, and didn't really have time to collect a sample. Very nice flowering. I think it must be at least 30 years old.
This bundle of cacti was HUGE. I am not even kidding. This picture was taken in Red Rock Park near Denver, Colorado. This plant was right next to the gift shop next to the women's bathroom.
Here's another picture of it. Very neat. Unfortunetly, I saw this on the first day of my 7 day trip, and didn't really have time to collect a sample. Very nice flowering. I think it must be at least 30 years old.
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This is one awesome plant!!!GardenBed wrote:
All Cacti are succulents, but not all succulents are Cacti
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Also, here is a picture of a " dead " cacti that I also found at Arches National Park.
Plants found in Yellowstone National Park.
* Wow, I found out you didn't need to waste 5 minutes to upload every picture by pressing upload/ send/ insert/ etc. You can just change the little link's numbers according to how you saved the pictures on your computer.
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Yes It is !!!daiv wrote:This is one awesome plant!!!GardenBed wrote:
Forget the dog...Beware of the plants!!!
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My friend ( who is a girl ), actually got some stuck on her skirt after she came out of the bathroom. A pleasnt surprise, huh?ihc6480 wrote:Great looking pictures
I like the C. imbricata next to the womens restroom
Also Daiv, after I figure out the species of the cacti ( Sclerocactus ), you can put it into the cacti species database! ( to add some contribution ) and I think it is a S. parviflorus, after some research.
South Dakota
I don't have photos but I was recently in S. Dakota, and discovered the Plains Prickly Pear. According to my mother, they grow like weeds.
The amazing thing is how they survive through the winter. My mom said that it's not uncommon for them to get a lot of snow, (drifts as high as seven or eight feet)yet these hardy little guys come back year after year.
I had never really considered that a cactus could make it through a snowy winter, so I was quite pleased to discover that some, at least, can.
The amazing thing is how they survive through the winter. My mom said that it's not uncommon for them to get a lot of snow, (drifts as high as seven or eight feet)yet these hardy little guys come back year after year.
I had never really considered that a cactus could make it through a snowy winter, so I was quite pleased to discover that some, at least, can.
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This is quite often a surprise to many people. Some cacti make it up into Canada. The snow actually protects them in the winter and a winter without snow would be harder to survive in. They handle the cold as they shrivel up and get rid of excess moisture in the fall.dar8888 wrote: The amazing thing is how they survive through the winter. My mom said that it's not uncommon for them to get a lot of snow, (drifts as high as seven or eight feet)yet these hardy little guys come back year after year.
I had never really considered that a cactus could make it through a snowy winter, so I was quite pleased to discover that some, at least, can.
All Cacti are succulents, but not all succulents are Cacti