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part 1 of my post service most the
Desert Botanical Garden (DBG) inwards Phoenix, Arizona I showed y'all the Entry Garden, the Desert Terrace Garden in addition to the Desert Portal (
click here for a map). This post service volition embrace the Cactus in addition to Succulent Galleries, the Agave Yucca Forest in addition to the connecting sections inwards between. Part iii volition embrace the Webster Center in addition to Ullman Terrace, the Heritage Garden, in addition to the Center for Desert Living Trail.
I visited on Tuesday, Dec 27, 2016, in addition to past times xi a.m. I was wishing I had left my hoodie inwards the car. By mid-afternoon, temperatures had climbed into the depression 70s. That's why I dear wintertime inwards the Arizona desert!
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| One of my favorite places to sit down inwards the DBG. Behind it is a toothpick cactus (Stetsonia coryne) |
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| Palo blanco (Mariousousa willardiana) in addition to Agave shawii |
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| Agave shawii, ane of the few agaves that shape a trunk, albeit a creeping ane inwards this case |
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| Cactus wonderland |
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| The perfect H2O characteristic for a desert garden |
Now we're inwards the Cactus in addition to Succulent Galleries:
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| Diamond cholla (Cylindropuntia ramossima) in addition to totem pole cactus (Lophocereus schottii f. monstrosus) |
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| Barrel cactus alongside erratic increment inwards the Cactus in addition to Succulent Galleries |
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| Cactus in addition to Succulent Galleries |
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| Yes, the cactus is beautiful (whatever it is), but the rocks are only every bit spectacular |
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| Opuntia macrocentra |
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| Agave titanota (on the correct alongside Agave desmettiana 'Joe Hoak') |
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| Aloidendron 'Hercules' (left) in addition to Aloidendron barberae (right), ane of the parents of 'Hercules' (the other is Aloidendron dichotomum) |
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| Aloidendron barberae flowers |
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| Aloidendron 'Hercules' trunk |
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| Another non bad house to sit |
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| Euphorbia fusca |
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| Deuterocohnia brevifolia, a terrestrial bromeliad native to Argentine Republic in addition to Republic of Bolivia where it oftentimes forms massive clumps |
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| Deuterocohnia brevifolia; the dead spots inwards the middle are non uncommon |
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| One of thousands of Opuntia at the DBG |
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| One of my electrical flow aloe crushes, Aloe dhufarensis |
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| Aloidendron dichotomum, slowly to recognize past times its yellowish flowers |
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| I convey no clue which aloe species this is, but it's real attractive |
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| Aloe aculeata |
Between the Cactus in addition to Succulent Galleries in addition to the Desert Research in addition to Horticulture Center is a pocket-size agave garden packed alongside many uncommon (and unopen to common) species. If you're interested inwards the agaves growing at the DBG, cheque out
my detailed two-part post service from 2015.
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| Agave fourcroydes |
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| Agave victoria-reginae |
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| Agave victoria-reginae |
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| Still labeled Agave victoria-reginae, but it looks to a greater extent than similar Agave nickelsiae to me |
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| Check out the caterpillar-like inflorescence emerging from this agave (unfortunately, I didn't write downward the species) |
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| Agave zebra |
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| Agave promontorii, a species from Baja California |
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| This is the shape of Agave zebra I actually want! |
H5N1 stone's throw away from this spot is the Berlin Agave Yucca Forest:
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| Agave parryi, maybe var. couesii |
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| Agave ovatifolia |
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| You could telephone band it the "Blue Garden" |
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| Yucca rostrata standing guard over this trio of Agave ovatifolia |
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| Agave parryi |
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| Agave parryi |
More agaves growing along the paths criss-crossing the DBG:
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| Agave guadalajarana |
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| Agave chazaroi |
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| Agave colorata |
And cactus everywhere y'all look:
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| Opuntia ×rooneyi, a hybrid betwixt Opuntia aureispina and Opuntia macrocentra |
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| Cute petty Aloidendron dichotomum |
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| Aloidendron dichotomum flowers |
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| Aloidendron 'Hercules' growing exterior the Webster Center |
Lots to a greater extent than to come upward inwards purpose 3!
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