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Barbed-wired Cactus
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Stanley Jones

Barbed-wired Cactus (Acanthocereus tetragonus)

Barbed-wired Cactus (Acanthocereus tetragonus: Cactaceae) Sprawling, 2-7 m (6.6-23.0 ft) tall. Flowers 14-20 cm (5.5-7.9 in) in diameter. Fruits red, edible and sweet. Common in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
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Habitat
South Texas Plains vegetation area, mesquite thicket and Tamaulipan thornscrub with planted native shrubs and wildflowers at 30 m (98 ft) elevation.
Location
Edingburg Scenic Wetlands, Edinburg, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA.
Date taken
November 2024
Scientific name
Acanthocereus tetragonus
Equipment used
Canon
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I raise Opuntia for their flowers here, a large bed in an old bathtub, I won't have flowers until late May, but they don't compare to this beautiful plant, so very nice these are Stanley!
 
bievreJJ
wonderful closeup of this cactus with its beautiful flower, Stanley, top class, many tfs!!
 
delia todd
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A very pretty flower, defying it's unfortunate name really.

Many thanks for showing it to us Stanley.
 

Media information

Category
Wild Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Fungi
Added by
Stanley Jones
Date added
View count
107
Comment count
7

Image metadata

Device
Canon Canon EOS R7
Aperture
ƒ/10
Focal length
200.0 mm
Exposure time
1/500 second(s)
ISO
320
Filename
Barbed-wired Cactus, Edinburg Scenic Wetlands, Edinburg, Hidalgo County.jpg
File size
745.2 KB
Date taken
Wed, 13 November 2024 9:57 PM
Dimensions
1920px x 1534px

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