vgabndo
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It had to be a one-in-a-million Elephant Tree.
I'm pretty sure that if any particular number of the gazillion Elephants were in bloom between Vizcaino and the coast, I'd seem more than one. To make
easier for old guys, this one was right along side the road. Now I wonder how often they flower.
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Whale-ista
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beautiful! thanks for sharing the photos. I'll look for it on my drive this week.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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Russ
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shari
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I wonder the same thing Perry...I have seen that section of the valley completely pink with Torote trees blossoming all at once but this seems so odd
that there are only a small handful of trees in the pink now...wonder if the others will follow suit in the next month? anyone know?
Whalista...you wont see this tree unless you are heading to Asuncion...it is after the turnoff for here...but you may see other Torote's in bloom
along the way somewhere.
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woody with a view
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here's one of a century plant framed by a blooming elephant tree from June 2008 out along the road where they are looking for Gary Patton.
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watizname
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A friend once took a small branch with some pink blooms on it home to his girlfriend, on a long ago trip. If I remember right, the color lasted a
very long time.
I know it's probably a no-no, but we were young and dumb. Now just not so young.
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cocoscabana
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Beautiful photos! Is the yellow one really century plant or is it an agave? New Mexico Agave - Agave neomexicana??
In Jamaica we call them Maypoles, as they bloom in May.
[Edited on 3-30-2014 by cocoscabana]
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woody with a view
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yes, it is one of those!!! i think they are all agaves, right?
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bacquito
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Great photos!
bacquito
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Skipjack Joe
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I have images of elephant trees in pink bloom on that road to Asuncion in July. I, too, wondered at the peculiarity of such a bloom in the hottest
month of the year. Perhaps Mexitron has ideas.
The agaves in baja seem to bloom during the jan-march timeframe.
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Mexitron
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Agave shawii
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