Cactus of The Day

CHAIN-FRUIT CHOLLA
or
JUMPING CHOLLA
(the jumping cactus)


Opuntia fulgida

The largest of the chollas, up to 15 feet tall, is a very spiny cactus, usually a shrub, but sometimes more like a tree. New fruits are added to those from previous seasons, creating a chain up to 2 feet long -- hence the name "chain fruit."

Desert: Sonoran Desert of central and south Arizona and northwest Mexico
Height: Up to 15 feet
Joints: Small, oblong, yellow-green with short, colored spines
Flowers: White and pink petals streaked with lavender
Fruit: 1 1/2 inch green, spineless, pear-shaped berries grow in clusters and hang in long, branched chains
Elevation: 0-4,000 feet

Looks Pricklay!

CHRISTMAS CHOLLA
(The Christmas Tree Cactus))


Opuntia leptocaulis

The most slender of all chollas, and the mostly widely distributed in the desert southwest. Red berries give it a seasonal appearance.

Desert: Chihuahuan and Sonoran desert of southern Arizona, New Mexico and Texas
Height: 4-6 feet
Joints: Slender and smooth, uninterrupted by tubercles
Flowers: Yellow to bronze
Fruit: Bright-red, grape-sized berries last throughout the winter
Elevation: 200-5,000 feet

This is the Cactimus Erectus Pricktosin.. This tempermental cacti is just loaded with cactus juice. This cacti is native to daytona beach.

There are no words steel...

Saguaro Cactus
pronounced: SA-WA-row


Carnegiea gigantea

tree-sized cactus species.
Harming a saguaro in any manner, including cactus plugging, is illegal by state law in Arizona.


Desert: native to the Sonoran Desert in the U.S. state of Arizona, the Mexican state of Sonora
Height: 13 meters (45 ft) tall
Flowers: Saguaro blossom- night blooming flowers appear April through May
Fruit: ruby-colored fruit, used for many food making possibilities including wine and jelly.
Elevation: grow from sea level to about 4000 feet

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Saguaro and bad company 2
these poor cactus are depicted in BC2 as puny people size plants down in the Atacama desert, a desert that has virtual no plant life, definitely NO SAGUAROS .
so its an unhappy situation.
jerks...
i might have to go plug their cactus!! if you know what i mean


i said it before and i will say it again;
just because it is a desert doesn't mean a Saguaro has to be there