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UL: I was surprised to see the Queen Victoria Agave had a stalk as I've never seen them with a stalk. As with many agaves, the Queen Victoria blooms at maturity, at approximately 10-15 years, sending up a tall stalk of yellow flowers that turn reddish-purple. Native to the Mexican desert, this agave is cold hardy to 10-15° F.
LL is a Giant Barrel Cactus and it was indeed that! It is native to central Mexico in the Chihuahuan Desert. This species is the largest of the barrel cacti. In Mexico the hairs are often used for weaving; a traditional candy is produced by boiling the pith. They can can live over a hundred years.
UR Silver Cholla: This plant reproduces mainly through seeds, but its tubercles may break off and have a chance of producing new plants through asexual reproduction.
The roughly 35 species of Cylindropuntia are native to the southwestern and south-central United States, Mexico, and the West Indies. The Flora of North America recognizes 22 species.
Middle Right: take a look at those spines, yikes! Ferocactus rectispinus is a solitary barrel cactus except in case of injury to the growing tip. The long spined form from Baja California. This species is easily recognized by its very long, straight central spines and lack of bristly radials.
LR was very interesting, those spikes were only on the lower end of the trunk: The tree is deciduous and will drop its leaves in the early winter. Ethnobotany: The seeds of the Ceiba insignis are embedded within silky white floss, commonly called paina or kapok (or capoc), a word derived from the name of famous kapok tree of Central America, known scientifically as the Ceiba pentandra.
Why does the Silk Floss Tree have thorns?
These scale insects feed via sucking up the sap from the Silk Floss Tree's phloem. One functional adaptation to the environment is that the tree developed thorns to discourage animals from climbing up the tree and damaging their trunk or bark especially at an early age when they're more vulnerable.
LL is a Giant Barrel Cactus and it was indeed that! It is native to central Mexico in the Chihuahuan Desert. This species is the largest of the barrel cacti. In Mexico the hairs are often used for weaving; a traditional candy is produced by boiling the pith. They can can live over a hundred years.
UR Silver Cholla: This plant reproduces mainly through seeds, but its tubercles may break off and have a chance of producing new plants through asexual reproduction.
The roughly 35 species of Cylindropuntia are native to the southwestern and south-central United States, Mexico, and the West Indies. The Flora of North America recognizes 22 species.
Middle Right: take a look at those spines, yikes! Ferocactus rectispinus is a solitary barrel cactus except in case of injury to the growing tip. The long spined form from Baja California. This species is easily recognized by its very long, straight central spines and lack of bristly radials.
LR was very interesting, those spikes were only on the lower end of the trunk: The tree is deciduous and will drop its leaves in the early winter. Ethnobotany: The seeds of the Ceiba insignis are embedded within silky white floss, commonly called paina or kapok (or capoc), a word derived from the name of famous kapok tree of Central America, known scientifically as the Ceiba pentandra.
Why does the Silk Floss Tree have thorns?
These scale insects feed via sucking up the sap from the Silk Floss Tree's phloem. One functional adaptation to the environment is that the tree developed thorns to discourage animals from climbing up the tree and damaging their trunk or bark especially at an early age when they're more vulnerable.
Feb 02 2022