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Melocactus curvispinus
large, barrel type cactus, typical, simple pink flower
desert
There were a lot of these cacti in the Tatacoa desert. There were a lot of cacti actually but only about 4 unique species that I could see. Without my ID books at hand, I´m not of the the species of this one. I should be able to ID it once I get home. Maybe Echinocactus? This is the same type I have with my profile photo.
Thanks for the info. I wish I would have known that before. I did see a lot of the fruits and would have loved to be eating them.
The fruit that this cacti produces is consumable, and pretty delicious by the way, it looks like a little pink chili.
Spotted on Dec 29, 2012
Submitted on Jan 14, 2013
