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A nice, typical Echinocereus triglochidiatus in the habitat 50 miles Northeast of Albuquerque:
Escobaria vivipara v. arizonica outside Bloomfield:
Opuntia phaeacantha from the first habitat:
A cool clump of Cylindropuntia whipplei from Blanco, NM:
Rock formations from a S. parviflorus habitat near Lybrook, NM:
"Indian paintbrush" (Castilleja sp.)near Bloomfield:
peterb
a few other habitat photos
That makes them nearly impossible to transplant.peterb wrote:Hi- Yes, Castillejas grow off the roots of the host plant, some of them partially and only when young, forming their own roots later. Some seem to need the host plant for their entire life cycle.
peterb
Peter those are excellent pictures! Thanks for taking us along one your trip!
All Cacti are succulents, but not all succulents are Cacti
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hello
great to see different plants!
look this parasit Tristerix aphyllum, in a Euyluchnia sp.
this tristeryx dotn have leafs and is exclusively a parasit.
But there are ther sp. of tristerix that lives in trees and they do have leafs and make photosintesis in winter, when the host tree drop the leafs...
they are smat parasits...
greetings!
Juan
great to see different plants!
look this parasit Tristerix aphyllum, in a Euyluchnia sp.
this tristeryx dotn have leafs and is exclusively a parasit.
But there are ther sp. of tristerix that lives in trees and they do have leafs and make photosintesis in winter, when the host tree drop the leafs...
they are smat parasits...
greetings!
Juan
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Cactus Chilenos en Habitat
Cactus Chilenos en Habitat