crested saguaro

cakewalk · Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 512

Has anyone seen a crested saguaro out there in the wild? According to an article in Az Hiways magazine, they are pretty rare ( about 1 in 300,000 ) and no one really knows what causes it.

Contrary to popular opinion, it insnt caused by a lightning strike.

Here is a pic:

http://unpythonic.net/ingrid/nmaz2001/idx023.html

cactuscat · Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 459 Location: Phoenix

I've seen at least one out in the Supes - can't remember exactly where, though. Maybe AzHeat knows?

Hnak · Joined: 06 Jan 2003 Posts: 1766 Location: Prescott, AZ

I have only seen one, down in Mexico somewhere (on a geology field trip...). It was really impressive...

evenstar · Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA

I've seen one out in the Supes but like cactuscat can't remember where.
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Daddee · Posted: 7/29/2004, 1:56 pm Post subject:

And yet the desert botanical gardens and the Phoenix zoo both have quite a few on display.
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Hikngrl · Posted: 7/29/2004, 1:59 pm Post subject:

If you look in the gallery I am sure you will find a picture of one in either Tom's or Mike's pictures. Let me go look...

Canyon Lake to Peralta by GTG and one by SRLatty both have one in their albums and there is one in the Skull mesa album by Mike I believe....
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SUN_HIKER · Joined: 05 Dec 2003 Posts: 1057

Oh, I have seen lot's of them. Here is one I came across hiking the Cave Creek - Seving Springs trail:

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Hikngrl · Posted: 7/29/2004, 2:35 pm Post subject:

Wow! That's a beauty GB!
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SUN_HIKER · Joined: 05 Dec 2003 Posts: 1057

Thanks Di. Mike just created a monster by showing me how to make the links in the post Laughing

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BoyNhisDog · Posted: 7/29/2004, 3:13 pm Post subject:

That's one of the best ones I've seen GB. I have a photo of one somewhere but it is nowhere as dramatic as that one. I also have a photo of a "Wavy" sahuaro, one that is very wavy from top to bottom. It is buried in thousands of images though.
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SUN_HIKER · Joined: 05 Dec 2003 Posts: 1057

Thanks Glen! I know what you mean trying to keep them all organized is a chore.

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Tom Treks · Gear Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 3347

There's another one just about even with Aylor's arch out in East Boulder Canyon. There should be more than one pic of that one in the gallery.

Glitter · Joined: 15 Mar 2004 Posts: 61 Location: Ahwatukee, AZ.

I saw one in the wilderness out by Table Top Mountain, have to take a picture of it this fall.
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