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DianaT
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Elephant Trees
On the Cactus Close up thread someone asked for Elephant trees. Someone else suggested a separate thread. So here it is.
A couple of close ups
Now, I hope to see all the pictures that make me say, dang, wish I had taken that one! 
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I love your elephant tree, Diane - that first shot. One of the nicest I've seen.
And aren't those blooms vibrant?
Hope some others take you up on the suggestion to post more.
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I love Elephant trees and my favorite one is the one growing at Casa Patchen in Catavina. 
I have never seen them in bloom, Diane, thank you so much for posting the wonderful flower picture.
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One more, also from the Catavina area.
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[Edited on 4-11-2008 by Pappy Jon]
"The association of flowers and warm-blooded love is more than a romantic convention; it is based upon one of the great advances in the evolution
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Pappy Jon,
Really like that peeling bark----the subtle colors and what looks more like parchment than bark,
Thanks
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Elephant tree in Isla Angel de la Guarda
Graham is in Bahia de los Angeles and I saw your thread. I understand there is more than one kind of tree referred to as elephant tree in Baja. I
can't verify that this one is the same variety as the others pictured, but this specimen looked pretty cool. I lifted the image from Graham's
powerpoint presentation about his two months on the island.
We know and love the Patchen's tree very well too!
Bonni M.
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That first shot from Pappy looks like an elephants leg!! Cool shot.
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Lots and lots of 'young' elephant trees between El Marmol and El Volcan (the famous cold water geyser)...
http://vivabaja.com/marmol
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Here's a sample of the elephant trees along the distant Pacific route between El Rosario/ Santa Catarina and Santa Rosalillita...
http://vivabaja.com/707
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Martyman
That first shot from Pappy looks like an elephants leg!! Cool shot. |
It sure does. Baja Sedoso I think yours would also look that way---but it is so small. That is one reason I like using photobucket. I Would love to
see those shots bigger.
Bonni----love the way that one is growing---it really shows how adaptable and tough those babies are. Yes, there is more than one variety, but they
are all great.
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| Quote: | | I understand there is more than one kind of tree referred to as elephant tree in Baja. |
Yes. Most of the pics shown so far are copalquín or terote blanco, in the genus Pachycormus. It's related to almonds. There is only one of
those in Baja. The other common elephant trees are Bursera, and there are a half dozen or so of those down there, and more further south.
They are related to the Bibilical myrrh.
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Jon, can you tell us why some Elephant trees hug the ground (Graham Mackintosh's photo) and other grow upright (like the one in the photo on the El
Volcan road)?
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In many cases it's the wind. In the mountains the condition is called krumbolz, where trees are blown flat, or more accurately the growing tips that
face into the wind are burned while those on the opposite side are not. I've seen copalquín do that on the Gulf side (see pic). With the Bursera I
think some of it is genetic. Further north they tend to be more spreading. You see them that way in Anza-Borrego. Southward they are very erect.
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Thanks Pappy Jon... awesome answer!!!
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Pappy Jon--
Is it the Bursera then, related to myrrh, that smell so strongly of incense?
Thanks, Bonni
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Graham
Pappy Jon--
Is it the Bursera then, related to myrrh, that smell so strongly of incense?
Thanks, Bonni |
Yep.
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BoLA
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This one is in fron t of the painted cave in CATAVINA.
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Elephant tree?
Not sure of the species. Maybe the Baja Sur endemic Bursera filicifolia. Picture is from the Loreto area today.
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