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From The Not So Long Way Down by Chris Pountney

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Bill Shaneyfelt commented on a photo in The results are in

Dog poop bush... 8th picture down.

http://khkeeler.blogspot.com/2016/04/visiting-baja-californiaamazing-plants.html

5 years ago
Bill Shaneyfelt commented on a photo in The results are in

Yes, it does look quite dead.

5 years ago
Bill Shaneyfelt replied to a comment by Andrea Brown on a photo in The results are in

Yay!

5 years ago
Andrea Brown commented on a photo in The results are in

My guess was: "Looks like the cool desert plant that used to be here is gone, replaced by weedy grasses".

5 years ago
Andrea Brown commented on a photo in The results are in

The sign on the right DOES say "Cholla", however. So I think Bill wins this round.

5 years ago
Bill Shaneyfelt commented on a photo in How good is Bill Shaneyfelt at naming desert plants?

Even less able to figure this out. Nope,not even going to guess on it.

5 years ago
Bill Shaneyfelt commented on a photo in How good is Bill Shaneyfelt at naming desert plants?

Not much detail to go on here, but I will hazard a guess that it is elephant tree (Pachycormus discolor )

http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=717

5 years ago
Bill Shaneyfelt commented on a photo in How good is Bill Shaneyfelt at naming desert plants?

It is a species of cholla. I spent a good deal of time working on this. Spines are really thick like teddy bear cholla, but too short and the older spines are not dark. My initial gut feeling was cane cholla (cylindropuntia spinosior) because of its appearance, but it is not native to Baja.

I found one that sort of matches and is native... clavellina cholla (Cylindropuntia alcahes ) so that is what I will guess it might be, but it could be some kind of hybrid as well.

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/273617-Cylindropuntia-alcahes

5 years ago
Bill Shaneyfelt replied to a comment by Bill Shaneyfelt on a photo in How good is Bill Shaneyfelt at naming desert plants?

Another complicating factor with gardens is that they get more water than typical, making growth somewhat different so pictures do not match typical photos.

5 years ago
Bill Shaneyfelt commented on a photo in How good is Bill Shaneyfelt at naming desert plants?

This one might be Pitahaya (Stenocereus gummosus).

https://www.sdnhm.org/oceanoasis/fieldguide/sten-gum.html

5 years ago
Bill Shaneyfelt commented on a photo in How good is Bill Shaneyfelt at naming desert plants?

Looks like some kind of yucca...

I'm going to guess Spanish dagger (Yucca schidigera)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca_schidigera

5 years ago
Bill Shaneyfelt commented on a photo in How good is Bill Shaneyfelt at naming desert plants?

Some species of barrel cactus.

Since it has pink curved main spines, I am going to go with likely fire barrel (Ferocactus gracilis).

http://www.florafinder.com/Species/Ferocactus_gracilis.php

The trouble with trying to figure out what plants in a garden are is that they could be from almost anywhere, and often times it is like real estate with regards to species... location, location, location.

By the way, I am really not an expert! Google image search is the expert. All I do is try and match the image to something from a reputable website.

5 years ago
jim katzin commented on a photo in To San Ignacio we go

Ditto for TANLINE. Nice job!

5 years ago
Scott Anderson commented on a photo in To San Ignacio we go

Tan line gets my vote. Obviously we’ll worth the time.

5 years ago
Andrea Brown commented on a photo in To San Ignacio we go

"JANLINE"?

5 years ago