Habitat: First Foray into Sierrita

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Habitat: First Foray into Sierrita

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And another new habitat locale on the menu, though further exploration of the Sierrita Mountains may proceed more slowly than most, thanks to some locked gates courtesy of BLM. Unable to avail ourselves of some nicely maintained dirt roads, we had to hike in today, and eventually found something we had never before seen -- A. parryi and A. schottii sharing a hillside. We had found a beautiful group of A. parryi × A. schottii hybrids over at Dragoon, but have to date, not seen a single A. parryi plant, assuming these are far above the elevation we managed to reach that day. But here they are, sharing space and genetic material, as evidenced by a hybrid husk we managed to find. Oh well, I figure we arrived about three years too late. Still, there are bound to be more in the area, we'll just need to return to expand upon today's search. The most unusual find of the day was a two-headed A. parryi specimen, only the second two-headed Agave we have turned up in habitat.
Mule deer
Mule deer
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Mule deer
Mule deer
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A. schottii-mania!
A. schottii-mania!
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A. parryi
A. parryi
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A. parryi
A. parryi
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A. parryi
A. parryi
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A. parryi
A. parryi
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A. parryi
A. parryi
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Look closely at this A. parryi
Look closely at this A. parryi
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A. parryi
A. parryi
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A. parryi
A. parryi
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A. schottii
A. schottii
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A. schottii
A. schottii
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Agave
"American aloe plant," 1797, from Greek Agaue, proper name in mythology (mother of Pentheus), from agauos "noble," perhaps from agasthai "wonder at".

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Re: Habitat: First Foray into Sierrita

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Echinocereus rigidissimus
Echinocereus rigidissimus
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Opuntia santa-rita
Opuntia santa-rita
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Cylindropuntia fulgida × spinosior
Cylindropuntia fulgida × spinosior
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Echinocereus rigidissimus
Echinocereus rigidissimus
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A. schottii
A. schottii
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A. schottii
A. schottii
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Cylindropuntia fulgida × spinosior
Cylindropuntia fulgida × spinosior
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A. schottii
A. schottii
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A. schottii bulbil
A. schottii bulbil
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A. parryi × A. schottii husk
A. parryi × A. schottii husk
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A. parryi
A. parryi
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A. parryi
A. parryi
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A. parryi
A. parryi
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Taeniopoda eques
Taeniopoda eques
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C. fulgida v. mamillata
C. fulgida v. mamillata
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Agave
"American aloe plant," 1797, from Greek Agaue, proper name in mythology (mother of Pentheus), from agauos "noble," perhaps from agasthai "wonder at".

"Some talk the talk, others walk the walk, but I stalk the stalk"
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Re: Habitat: First Foray into Sierrita

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Your "big bug" is called locally a horse lubber or Taeniopoda eques
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Thanks -- that's it!
Agave
"American aloe plant," 1797, from Greek Agaue, proper name in mythology (mother of Pentheus), from agauos "noble," perhaps from agasthai "wonder at".

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Back to Sierrita in hopes of finding the extremely rare hybrid A. schottii × A. parryi. Two years ago we happened upon a hybrid husk that had bloomed and passed, but today we really lucked out and found a single small living example. Of course, there were also plenty of A. schottii and A. parryi about, and a couple other goodies, as well.
Mule deer
Mule deer
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Two-headed A. parryi
Two-headed A. parryi
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Two-headed A. parryi
Two-headed A. parryi
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Two-headed A. parryi -- note the unusually flattened core
Two-headed A. parryi -- note the unusually flattened core
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A. schottii
A. schottii
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Echinocereus rigidissimus
Echinocereus rigidissimus
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Opuntia santa rita
Opuntia santa rita
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Cylindropunrtia spinosior
Cylindropunrtia spinosior
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A. schottii × A. parryi
A. schottii × A. parryi
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A. schottii × A. parryi
A. schottii × A. parryi
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A. schottii -- late bloomer
A. schottii -- late bloomer
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A. parryi
A. parryi
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A. parryi
A. parryi
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A. parryi with unusual repand margins
A. parryi with unusual repand margins
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Mammillaria heyderi
Mammillaria heyderi
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A. schottii
A. schottii
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A. parryi
A. parryi
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A. parryi
A. parryi
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Agave
"American aloe plant," 1797, from Greek Agaue, proper name in mythology (mother of Pentheus), from agauos "noble," perhaps from agasthai "wonder at".

"Some talk the talk, others walk the walk, but I stalk the stalk"
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