Don Alley
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Another odd cactus
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Taco de Baja
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Poor thing has a virus 
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FARASHA
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Amazing what nature does!!
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Phil C
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Hey Don! Thanks for the picts.!!!!!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Taco de Baja
Poor thing has a virus |
You see a runny nose in there somewhere ??? 
Is that a disease or from being cut or damaged ?
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Probably this board is a good thread to solve the mistery........
I ve seen this kind of cactus on a few places over the Sierra de La aguna. And a similar one also in Cataviņa just before the little hike to the
painting on the side of the road.
I think it is a variation of the cardon cactus that lives high in the mountains where temperature are lower and humidity higher.
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Don Alley
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This is another cactus from the Cactus Sanctuary near El Triunfo. It is a pitaya dulce cactus. It is deformed, possibly genetically. There are several
different deformed cacti there, that they call "monster cactus." The other cactus pic I posted is also a "monster" pitaya.
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Looks just like my ex mother in law.
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Taco de Baja
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I thought a virus caused it, but it seems any damage may induce this growth.
| Quote: | This giant cardon cactus has produced a branch with abnormal, fan-shaped growth, often termed a "monstrose" growth form, unlike the normal,
cylindrical growth. Such events are quite rare in wild plants (but a more spectacular example of this can be found in saguaro cacti). Commercial
cactus growers sometimes induce this type of growth form by damaging the meristem of a plant, to produce a decorative effect. In field conditions this
abnormality might arise from damage caused by frost or an insect, etc. Once it has been formed, this type of growth is often perpetuated in all the
subsequent growth of the branch - as in this case, where monstrose sub-branches have developed from the original branch.
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David K
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Here's one we saw on the road north of San Antonio/ Martires (east of El Rosario)...
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