I recently made a trip to Big Bend National Park. Here are some images of the cacti species I saw. I am not very good at identifying cacti species, but please feel free to correct my novice guesses. I really wanted to find a lophophora but failed to. The only rare cactus I found was an ariocarpus fissuratus! And I was only able to spot it because it was in bloom. I felt so lucky to find one
I 'd like to share these images (even though I am not sure of many of the species names) simply because they are so nice to see in their native habitat.
The first group of images were taken on a high elevation hike in the Chisos mountains:::
The next group were found in desert low lands ::
Big Bend Trip
Big Bend Trip
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- the little baby ones are so cute
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'The skeletons of the plants are for me as important as the flowers.'
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Re: Big Bend Trip
Hey there Lui!
Great pictures, Big Bend must be really a wonderful place, I have seen some pictures of it before, but yours have shown me some quite interesting cacti I didn't know were native there. I really hope you enjoyed your time there, to see how these plants thrive in habitat is simply amazing. Well done!
Great pictures, Big Bend must be really a wonderful place, I have seen some pictures of it before, but yours have shown me some quite interesting cacti I didn't know were native there. I really hope you enjoyed your time there, to see how these plants thrive in habitat is simply amazing. Well done!
Bruno