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Posted: 04 Oct 2015

Taken: 21 Oct 2008

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1/160 • f/7.1 • 112.0 mm • ISO 100 •

Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL

18.0-200.0 mm

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Oreocereus trollii

Oreocereus trollii
Oreocereus trollii is a cactus growing in Northern Argentina and Bolivia at altitudes of 3000-4000m. It can grow up to 50cm tall, is covered in (hard) white "wool" and has very sharp yellowish thorns.
This photo was taken on the Tupiza-San Vicente road at El Sillar at appr. 3700m.

Trudy Tuinstra, , Stormlizard, and 4 other people have particularly liked this photo

14 comments - The latest ones
 Jakob Bärfuss
Jakob Bärfuss club
Beautiful pictures of this Cactus !
10 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to Jakob Bärfuss club
Merci, Jakob! Es war großartig, den in freier Wildbahn zu sehen!
10 years ago.
 menonfire
menonfire club
Was es nicht alles gibt ?! Grüße MAIK
10 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to menonfire club
Herzlichen Dank, Maik! Das ist ein ganz besonders stachliges Exemplar, dem wollte ich nur mir der Kamera nahekommen;-)
10 years ago.
 slgwv
slgwv
Looks like a barrel cactus!
10 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to slgwv
It has a lot of similarities though Oreocereus are endemic to the high Andes.
10 years ago.
slgwv has replied to Gudrun club
Classic convergent evolution, presumably--
10 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to slgwv
For sure:-) Similar climatic conditions- very dry and temperature extremes between night and day...
10 years ago.
 Graham Chance
Graham Chance club
Lovely detail in this Gudrun. Those thorns look sharp.
10 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to Graham Chance club
Thanks, Graham! They are! Those thorns can go through your shoe soles if you step on them...
10 years ago.
 Stormlizard
Stormlizard club
Yes Gudrun, that does look Sharp.
10 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to Stormlizard club
Thanks a lot, John! It was strictly "do not touch"!
10 years ago.
 LutzP
LutzP club
...besser Finger weg, dabei sehen die ganz weich aus.
10 years ago.
Gudrun club has replied to LutzP club
Danke, Lutz! Die sind megaübel...Bei einer Mitreisenden haben sich die Dornen durch die dicke Sohle der Trekkingsandalen gebohrt!
10 years ago.

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