chory cactus? probably spelled wrongPompano - 4-6-2005 at 10:02 AM
What do you think?....should we give it to Bruce?Cincodemayo - 4-6-2005 at 10:11 AM
Definitely in the Opuntia family....I'm guessing Jumping Cholla..
[Edited on 4-6-2005 by Cincodemayo]Bruce R Leech - 4-6-2005 at 10:13 AM
I love those things . did you know you can eat them?
What Baja plant am I?
Pompano - 4-6-2005 at 10:17 AM
Right on with the jumping cholla...I think I still have some spines in mylegs.
How about this one?Cincodemayo - 4-6-2005 at 10:19 AM
Agave americana?Pompano - 4-6-2005 at 10:23 AM
Hmmm....not saying yes or no just yet...the diversity of succulent plants in central Baja is amazing. Care to elucidate?Bruce R Leech - 4-6-2005 at 10:28 AM
these are all edible plants used alto in the local Indian cooking this one also is vary good when prepared properly I'm going to let some one else
give you the Mexican name for this because I cant spell it and I'm to lazy to open the book.Cincodemayo - 4-6-2005 at 10:41 AM
Ok...Coastal agave...Agave shawii?Pompano - 4-6-2005 at 10:41 AM
That's okay, Bruce...Cincodemayo had it right...an agave..as most tequila drinkers know!Pompano - 4-6-2005 at 10:42 AM
how about this fellow....?Cincodemayo - 4-6-2005 at 10:45 AM
Pompano...Like you said the diversity in Baja is amazing. The boojams and Cardons are my favorites. There is even an epiphitic tillandsia called ball
moss..Can't forget the Agave tequilliensis....beautiful blue color that produces most of the tequilla brands.Cincodemayo - 4-6-2005 at 10:49 AM
Now that's a Cardon! One of the first times driving all the way down to Cabo from San Clemente in 1980 I was amazed that every valley had a different
landscape. So much awesome flora and fauna in Baja!Bruce R Leech - 4-6-2005 at 11:07 AM
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Originally posted by Pompano
how about this fellow....?
this one I dont eat
this common cactus..
Sharksbaja - 4-6-2005 at 12:23 PM
is ..........Cardon - 4-6-2005 at 02:06 PM
Don't know what this one is but I like it.
That's easy
academicanarchist - 4-6-2005 at 03:26 PM
The flower of the agave, which does not appear all that often. The question is if any of the stuff that has been shown can be smoked?
[Edited on 4-6-2005 by academicanarchist]Skipjack Joe - 4-6-2005 at 05:18 PM
Top picture looks like a chain-link cholla.Mexitron - 4-6-2005 at 09:16 PM
Cardon--that's a beauty......got me stumped too. Where did you take the photo?Cardon - 4-6-2005 at 09:39 PM
Mexitron, I took that photo 5 weeks ago about half way between El Rosario and Catavina. The two flowers appear to be about the same size in the
picture, however, the cream colored Agave flower in the background is about 2 feet tall while the flower that is in focus in the foreground is only
about 2 inches tall.Mexitron - 4-7-2005 at 07:04 AM
Hmmmmmmm.........at first I thought Owl's Clover but it has leaves and flowers suggesting a Pappilloid Legume---a lupine relative perhaps. Any more
photos of it? Cool plant.Cardon - 4-7-2005 at 08:08 AM
Sorry, no more photos of that plant. I ran out of digital film when I got into the good plant bloom area and didn't want to delete any of my other
photos to make room for plant photos. But here is a close-up of the agave that is in the background.Cardon - 4-7-2005 at 08:20 AM
Mexitron, Here is an out of focus pic of the flower but it doesn't show much more of the plant. However, the flower that is in focus is kinda cool.guerosurfero - 4-7-2005 at 10:54 AM
I agree with Mexitron and believe that the purple-ish flower is a Lupine of some sort. Nice pic!Steve in Oro Valley - 4-8-2005 at 10:34 AM
The little bluish leaves along with the flower suggest Astragulus (a LOCOWEED) of which there are many kinds on the peninsula.
However, the head suggests Lupine of which there are many kinds on the peninsula.
I vote for LUPINE genus.
The cholla is the common coastal cholla not jumping cholla. Jumping cholla is Opuntia begelowii common to SE CA and southern AZ and the San Felipe
desert.
The Agave is Agave shawii which used to range as far north as southern San Diego County before development.
[Edited on 4-8-2005 by Steve in Oro Valley]Mexitron - 4-8-2005 at 01:24 PM
Thanks for the pics Cardon. Astralagus is a good guess too, probably better than Lupine because of the pinnate leaves. One correction--the white
flowering stalk is a Yucca(probably schidigera). The Agaves in that area--Agave shawii, deserti, and they're ssp. and hybrids have yellow flowers and
are dispersed less densely than the Yuccas.
The flower in the closeup is Wild Hyacinth(Brodeia sp) I think.
[Edited on 4-8-2005 by Mexitron]Natalie Ann - 4-8-2005 at 02:05 PM
FWIW, Astralagus has my vote.Mike Supino - 4-8-2005 at 02:09 PM
Does anyone recognize this one?turtleandtoad - 4-8-2005 at 04:50 PM
The white one on the right is the Nolina (Sotol, Zacate) [Lat Nolina Bigelovii]; and I think the purple one on the left is Aroyo Lupine (Garbancillo)
[Lat Lupinus Succulentus].Mexitron - 4-8-2005 at 08:30 PM
Nolina bigelovii is usually found on the eastern flanks of the peninsula mountains and into the eastern deserts.....this one is found in a more
coastal environment. Could be Yucca whipplei though rather than schidigera on second take because of the height and shape of the flower.
[Edited on 4-9-2005 by Mexitron]
well hello Amigo!
Sallysouth - 4-8-2005 at 08:45 PM
So nice to see/hear from you! I think I have seen your plant variety somewhere in my distant past. Could it be of the Cannibis family?Some sort of
hibrid possibly?get back here, i miss you!Cincodemayo - 4-11-2005 at 04:34 PM
Mike...That looks by the fatter leaflets like it's Cannabis indica..
get back here, i miss you!