a few more from Desert Botanical Garden

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 12:27 am

Hi- went over to the fall plant sale at DBG today and took some pics in the gardens:

Stenocereus alamosensis:

Huge clump of Coryphantha calipensis:

snaky Echinopsis (Trichocereus) tetragonus:

The biggest Gymnocalycium saglionis I've ever seen:

Some monarch butterflies hanging out in the Monarch House:

peterb

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 2:06 am

Cool!! All kinds of stuff going on there...Snakes, Butterflies, Octopuss

I need me a E. tetragonus!

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 2:33 am

that is a monster Saglionis

Post by **daiv** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:37 pm

I think it was Woody who did a slideshow at our club on a trip to Argentina. Some of those habitat Gymnocalycium reach incredible size! Who knows how old they must be. 100, 200 years old? Or maybe conditions are just right and they are actually quite young. Size doesn't always equal age.