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Stenocereus at the beach

Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2019 1:57 pm
by leland
I had heard of cacti growing down to the high water mark on Nicaraguan beaches but I was expecting Opuntia guatemalensis, not the big columnars.
I found these pachycereus (Anderson nomenclature Stenocereus eichlamii) on beaches just north of San Juan del Sur on the Pacific coast.
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Re: Stenocereus at the beach

Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2019 4:26 pm
by ElieEstephane
Gorgeous photos! It's one of my favorite species. I believe it's in myrtillocactus now?

Re: Stenocereus at the beach

Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 2:49 pm
by leland
Hunt lists it as Pachycereus aragonii and Lode as Marshallocereus aragonii.
That reminds me I need to re-do my country list to cross reference the names with Lode 2014 and Hunt 2016.

Re: Stenocereus at the beach

Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 4:23 pm
by AusNick89
Wow they don't seem to mind the salt at all!

Re: Stenocereus at the beach

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2019 7:20 pm
by thomas
Nice Pictures. I am also surprised that the salt air doesn't bother them.

Re: Stenocereus at the beach

Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2023 6:54 pm
by nachtkrabb
Very nice picture. Those cacti might not be alone with their strange preferences, see here:
Melocactus broadwayi is usually found growing on exposed rocks or grassy banks close to the sea with little other vegetation. (...) Plants can often be found on coastal rocks, just a few metres from the sea where they must be able to survive the salt spray and occasional submergence in sea water during stormy conditions.
Curiouser & curiouser!
N.