Need help pinning down this cactus and flower.

[CJ]

Shot this image just outside of Cave Creek. I doubt if this cactus is native to the area, and I have not been able to pin down what it is - lots of guesses.

Would apprciate any help I can get on this one -

http://home.earthlink.net/~cjelfont/

Thanks - CJ

[sonia]

CJ,

I'm probably wrong because I doubt Echinopsis mamillosa could have appeared there (since it's native to North Argentina & Bolivia) but it's what comes to my mind right now.

Perhaps someone can find a better picture on the net and/or more accurate guesses.



Good luck,

[cactusbutt]

I was thinking Echinopsis but wasn't sure.
You are so good at this Sonia.

Have a good one

Bob

[CJ]

Sonia, you are really good, cause the image you posted is surely a twin of the one on my web site! I am sure that mine is not native, and my friend in Arizona told me he thinks the center that this cactus is in front of, obviously a landscape project, put in non-native plants. My problem was - what, when, and where from (forget the why - who knows why landscapers put in foreigns instead of natives).

Thanks much, CJ