ehall - 9-23-2019 at 06:42 PM
Has anyone ever seen cardon have a Crest like the sahuaro in the picture?
pacificobob - 9-24-2019 at 04:52 AM
No. That's a first for me. Without my glasses, it looks like a vulture drying its wings in the morning sun.
paranewbi - 9-24-2019 at 05:13 AM
More like two dogs heads facing opposite directions...probably a natural 'scarecrow' evolution to thwart vultures from resting for that morning
dry-out.
okiegumbo - 9-24-2019 at 06:19 AM
Yes, it's called a crested saguaro cactus. Rare but not uncommon around Tucson. BTW saguaro cactus and cardon cactus are two different species.
nandopedal - 9-24-2019 at 06:50 AM
Right on the short trail to the painted cave in Catavina there is a good example of that kind of deformation.
David K - 9-24-2019 at 07:49 AM
On the Los Martires ('Petroglyph Park') Road (east then north from El Rosario)... Cresting, but not on top...
ehall - 9-24-2019 at 08:08 AM
wow David, that is a weird one.
David K - 9-24-2019 at 08:21 AM
It's not common, but I think I saw more of it on that road than anywhere else in Baja!
https://www.bajabound.com/bajaadventures/bajatravel/petrogly...
Paulina - 9-24-2019 at 07:29 PM
This crested Cardon is south of Bahia de Los Angeles.
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David K - 9-24-2019 at 09:46 PM
Great find, Paulina.
ehall - 9-25-2019 at 05:14 AM
Thanks Paulina. Weird how 2 different species can be so similar.
