Pachycereus pringlei ‘Mexican Giant Cactus’

Description

Mexican Giant Cactus (Pachyrereus pringlei) is one of a well-known group of spectacular columnar cacti from the Sonoran Desert that includes the saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea), the organ-pipe cactus (Stenocereus thurberi) and senita (Lophocereus schottii) which are famous because of their immense size and unique architecture. The Mexican Giant Cactus occasionally reaches almost 20m in height and 5m spread, with a trunk diameter of 2m and a weight of several tons. It may live to more than two hundred years and may be the largest cactus in the world.

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