1Ernesto
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South of Phoenix in the Sonoran Desert. A 10 year old plant is only 1.5 inches tall. This saguaro was about 40 feet tall. The holes are often used by birds to n...
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South of Phoenix in the Sonoran Desert. A 10 year old plant is only 1.5 inches tall. This saguaro was about 40 feet tall. The holes are often used by birds to nest. The holes also had been used by Native Americans as water containers long before canteens were available.
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valeriemurchie-stolpe
February 10, 2014
Love the colors, textures and POV of this. Interesting and pretty picture.
Amyart5
March 14, 2014
wow never knew that birds used them too.... nice shot and colors of a 40 feet tall cactus...
Dunner
November 22, 2014
Love your work! This dramatic shot is captivating. Love what you do to capture nature at its finest thro the lens. Thank you!
kathleenweetman
December 30, 2015
This is a wonderful cactus....really full of texture .I see it has Carnegiea in its name....(I wondered if the Scot Andrew Carnegie ,who was a great philanthropist ,had it named after him...?) Voted .k
1Ernesto
December 30, 2015
You are so right! Carnegiea was named in honor of Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919). In 1903 the Desert Botanical Laboratory of The Carnegie Institution was established in Tuscon, Arizona. In 1908 the Saguaro catus was moved by plant taxonomists fron the genus Cereus to a newly established genus Carnegia.
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