Cacti from Chile

This page has pictures of the two columnar cacti sampled in Chile

For the cacti sampled on Antigua and St. Maartin/St. Martin, go to:

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Tentatively identified as Echinopsis chilensis, found near Pichidangui, notice that the cacti formed monstrous growths and that they were infected by a holoparasite, perhaps a mistletoe?

This first shot is of a large plant growing by a secondary road

Tentatively identified as Eulychnia acida, found near Ovalle,

A fruit.

Tentatively identified as Eulychnia castanea, found near La Serena,

A fruit.

Tentatively identified as Miqueliopuntia miquelii, found near Vallenar,.

Last Updated March 8, 2002