Cacti, Living Rocks, and a Chihuahua Desert Beatdown in West Texas
Another banger from West Texas where the millions of years of plant evolution on limestone is evident by the presence of so many species of “white“ cacti. It’s clear to see how the chalk-colored limestone substrate has selected for the presence of so many cacti that blend in perfectly with it, as any that didn’t either got taken out by the heat or by an herbivore that was able to easily spot them. What are the adaptive beneits of so many white spines and trichomes, or - in the case of Ariocarpus - such a thick and waxy cuticle? Does #Epithelantha bokei really look like a “golfball with a foreskin“ or am I just being mean? Why are the flowers of #Echinomastus mariposensis so strikingly beautiul while those of Mammilaria pottsii are so relatively small and inconspicuous? Is Neolloydia conoidea the most ridiculous name for a cactus we’ve encountered yet?
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