Large Cacti

Wonderful .. but I can't see the tortoise ...

They were walking in another area. This area is pretty large now, it was just expanded a couple months ago. :>)

Must be a lovely area to visit.... :o)

Wow they are tall

Yes, they're pretty tall, however, they can grow even taller.

They reach for the sky then.

Oh, these cacti are small compared to some genera which can grow much, much taller.

I can imagine Andy can recall some thing simular when I was a kid on the Lone Ranger tv hehe.

Some species of cacti can grow to 60ft/18m tall in CA.

Here's a pic of one of the species which can grow to such heights here.

http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/88682-cereus-peruvianus-night-blooming-cactus/member/Delonix1

Thank you Andy that is huge is nt it.:o))

Yes, this one is pretty large, however, I've seen them much larger. There's one in the San Francisco Bay Area where I used to live. It's more than 60ft/18m tall...and probably more than 100 years old.

That is old amazing how they survive that long.

The Saguaro cactus native to extreme south-east California, Arizona and Mexico and lives for hundreds of years..it only grows 1/2 to 1 inch a year.

Here's some info.

http://www.desertmuseum.org/kids/oz/long-fact-sheets/Saguaro%20Cactus.php

Here's my photo of one at the Salton Sea about 100 or so miles east of San Diego.

http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/69671-carnegiea-gigantea-saguaro-cactus/member/Delonix1