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peterb
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a few other habitat photos

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Hi-

A nice, typical Echinocereus triglochidiatus in the habitat 50 miles Northeast of Albuquerque:

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Escobaria vivipara v. arizonica outside Bloomfield:

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Opuntia phaeacantha from the first habitat:

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A cool clump of Cylindropuntia whipplei from Blanco, NM:

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Rock formations from a S. parviflorus habitat near Lybrook, NM:

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"Indian paintbrush" (Castilleja sp.)near Bloomfield:

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Hi Peterb,excelent pics.
Its always great to see em in habitat.and I've never seen that Indian paintbrush,very cool! :thumbright:
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Looks like the Indian Paintbrush may have killed it's host.
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Host? :o
Is that one a parasite?
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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.

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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.

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That makes them nearly impossible to transplant.

Peter those are excellent pictures! Thanks for taking us along one your trip! :wink:
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Post by Mark »

Great pictures Peter. Love the rock formations.




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Post by Spiniflores »

hello

great to see different plants!

look this parasit Tristerix aphyllum, in a Euyluchnia sp.

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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... :wink:

greetings!

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Hello Juan- wow, that parasite on the Eulychnia is wild! Thanks for those images.

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