I snapped this photo at the Ruth Bancroft Garden last April, during a visit with Gerhard. Can you imagine having an opuntia of tree-like proportions?
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From Brian Kemble (curator at the garden) I learned it's an Opuntia leucotricha, one of the tall-growing species from central Mexico. He says the name “leucotricha” (white hair) refers to the trunk, which sports wispy white hair-like spines. Sure enough, if you click on the photo to enlarge it you can see the white "hairs". Aren't plants cool?
From Brian Kemble (curator at the garden) I learned it's an Opuntia leucotricha, one of the tall-growing species from central Mexico. He says the name “leucotricha” (white hair) refers to the trunk, which sports wispy white hair-like spines. Sure enough, if you click on the photo to enlarge it you can see the white "hairs". Aren't plants cool?
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