[daguy]

Nice pictures never been in such an enviroment so looking at them was a treat!

[usaneisfiecup]

Those cacti are great! I've never seen any large ones in person.

[KeettyGlots]

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[eskimosik]

Lovely photos! Driving from LA to the Grand Canyon and then down to Phoenix (during my November trip to the USA) was awesome. My only regret was that there were so few spots to stop and take photos of the fields of Joshua trees... And then I drove down to Phoenix too late in the day to get good photos of the cactia. Your dessert scenery is spectacular!

[maxtp]

groovy photos!
is the mistletoe a mistletoe cactus/Rhipsalis?
https://www.google.com/search?q=mist...w=1440&bih=809

[ZanazaKar]

Glad to see you are travelling again Charles. Great shots, but if you get to shoot a Geococcyx californianus, Wild E. Coyote will sneeze himself silly

On a more serious note, on the Nevada side of Hoover Dam, first parking area(plainly marked on Google map, RT. 93), used to be a nice herd of rams shootable from parking lot. Not all are collared, and offer great shots.

[KeettyGlots]

Visiting family and flew into Phoenix. Headed towards Hoover Dam/Lake Mead, and stopped a few places along the way. We stopped behind a post office that had a vacant lot with a cacti garden of sorts. We saw the saguaro first (lots of pics, and many more to come later)

if you know the name of any cacti, feel free to fill in the blanks!





close up of above


mesquite? smelled like a barbecue


a few types of saguaro


stepfather and saguaro


joshua tree and saguaro


yours truly under a joshua tree


ants-eye view climbing a saguaro


flowers?


fuzzier spines


I believe I was told that this is mistletoe (hanging yellow thing, parasitic)

[BoboStin]

Cool. Wish I was there! (only I am not very cautious and would probably end up with cactus face)

[ZanazaKar]

After the coffee kicked in, thinkin' critter hole is dual purpose.
Looks like it would be difficult to exit...

[cingularring]

Very nice photos! A slight correction, however. Only the species Carnegia gigantea is commonly called a saguaro. Some of the others in your photos are commonly called Organ Pipe Cactus. All are pretty, though!

[searkibia]

I like cacti as well. Nice to see them in their habitat.

[houkbsdov]

Looks like a ton of potential pain!

[Zysyewgg]

Great scenery and place, very interesting plants too!!!

[occallExtet]

Very nice. I like the cacti too.
For some years, I cultivated cacti in a garden at Lanzarote, Canary Islands. That was much easyer than to cultivate hardy orchids in a garden in Munich.
Best regards, Gina

[KeettyGlots]

thanks! looking at wikipedia, the mistletoe is a phoradendron species. there are some other interesting cacti around, it's just hard to stop everywhere and take pictures of things, especially when some of them are in people's yards

edit* the yellow flower in the second batch of pictures (with the joshua trees) is called Lotus rigidus - Shrubby Deervetch

[LSDDSL]

Next to orchids (and hostas), I love the shapes and textures of cactii & succulents!

[AndyPharmc]

Impressive plants, thanks for showing Charles!!!!! Jean