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[guppiecat]

After the Phoenix Zoo closed, I went up to the Desert Botanical Garden. It stays open significantly later (likely because plants take less work than animals). I split my visits there over several days, but these are the photos from the trip right after the zoo.

Here is the set.




Knobbly Cactus - I forget the name of this guy, but I remember that it's a mutant of another type of cactus.


Golden Barrel Cacti - Don't go over a waterfall in one of these. (Not such a good idea with a real barrel either.)


Bunny - Apparently wandered from the zoo.


Wet Leaves - They had just watered these plants. I need to work on my water droplet techniques. This was more impressive in reality.


Mammillaria sonorensis - Flowering time


Burr - At least, in the midwest, it would be a burr, likely from insects. I'm not 100% certain here.


Saguaro - This is what it looks like if you took apart a cactus.


Ex-cactus - Arm of ex-saguaro


Night Aloe - Aloe lit up at night.


Night Cactus - The side of the mountain at night, with cacti lit up

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[janetmiles.livejournal.com]

The first one -- I don't know the Latin name, but I've always called 'em "organ pipe cactus".

[guppiecat]

Actually, I looked it up. The knobbly one is the Totem Pole Cactus (Pachycereus schottii forma monstrosus), which is a mutant form of the Senita Cactus (Pachycereus schottii). The Organ Pipe Cactus (Stenocereus thurberi) is similar in shape, but tends to be more vertical than the Senita. Additionally, the Senita grows long grey spines that look like hair. Hence "Senita" <-> "Old One" (Spanish).

I figure in a few years, once I know all the zoo animals on sight, I'll start working on plants. >:)