Lonesome Saguaro #3
by Robert Bales
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Lonesome Saguaro #3
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Robert Bales
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While spending a little time geocaching in the Sonora desert I found this beautiful lonesome Saguaro.
The magnificent Saguaro Cactus, the state flower of Arizona, is composed of a tall, thick, fluted, columnar stem, 18 to 24 inches in diameter, often with several large branches (arms) curving upward in the most distinctive conformation of all Southwestern cacti.
The skin is smooth and waxy, the trunk and stems have stout, 2-inch spines clustered on their ribs. When water is absorbed , the outer pulp of the Saguaro can expand like an accordion, increasing the diameter of the stem and, in this way, can increase its weight by up to a ton
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December 18th, 2017
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Joseph Hollingsworth
To a lot of people when you hear the word cactus, this is what comes to mind. Perfectly shaped.
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