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[*] posted on 10-21-2015 at 02:51 AM
Torote




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[*] posted on 10-21-2015 at 07:47 AM


good to meet you last week Igor! howabout some dead fish pics in the near future?;)



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[*] posted on 10-21-2015 at 09:48 AM


The tree looked like it got hit by lightning.



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[*] posted on 10-21-2015 at 11:56 AM


Such a beautiful old elephant! Very nice image, Igor.

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[*] posted on 10-21-2015 at 12:47 PM
Torote?


I tried translating 'torote' from Spanish to English, and came up with nothing except a suggestion for 'torete'. That is for a small bull (or mischievous child).

Is that the name of the plant? Neat picture by the way.




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[*] posted on 10-21-2015 at 12:56 PM


Those trees are like big Jade plants....the weight of their branches will sometimes result in such breaks....lightning would usually leave a scorch/burn mark .

Great trees, regardless.




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[*] posted on 10-21-2015 at 01:33 PM


AKGringo - I went to the Baja California Plant Field Guide and the spelling is Torote, pg 113. This species is Bursera hindsiana.

Nena - glad you liked it. Few people see anything attractive about it other than a grotesque oddity. One guy wrote 'I once had a girlfriend like that'. Well it was funny.

Woody - nice to have met you and your super wife. I'm still working on the zucchini but the turkey was great. Glad you guys made it home safely. They're still catching wahoo out here. No, I don't like to post pictures of dead fish very much.

I don't know why these trees tend to rot. Alex and I used some dead ones on the Cortez for a firewood. Bad idea. They're airy and burn almost like paper.

I find them to be more beautiful, more expressive without leaves or blossoms.
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[*] posted on 10-23-2015 at 09:19 AM


Impressive photo.



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