07 Even Some Cactus Get Cold by Canon Image Challenge

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05-Jan-2024	jimmsp

The tall thin ones generally need some protection on the tops of the arms.
So when we have a freeze warning, we cover them up.

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Canon Image Challenge		10-Jan-2024 22:05
Very cute. I remember seeing a tree in the California redwoods that was actually just a part of a multi-trunk system. There was a sign nearby, explaining that all the trunks were part of a single organism. Alastair

Canon Image Challenge		10-Jan-2024 02:42
I think there is a 24 arm saguaro cactus in the National park. 8 is not that unusual Jim

Guest		10-Jan-2024 00:21
Would an eight-armed cactus be called an octi or octus?

Canon Image Challenge		06-Jan-2024 16:49
Yes, the plural of cactus is cacti. This is a cactus with, as Paul said, multiple arms coming from the main plant; it has a singular root ball. A similar thing can happen here with a tree called a hackberry. There is a variation where it will shoot up multiple small trunks from a single root system; this is called a hackberry bush or shrub. They won't grow as tall as a tree. Jim

Canon Image Challenge		06-Jan-2024 16:37
My guess is that’s a single cactus plant with multiple arms. Paul

Canon Image Challenge		06-Jan-2024 11:21
Not to be pedantic, but isn't the plural of "cactus" "cacti"? Dunlin.

Canon Image Challenge		06-Jan-2024 03:02
Fun! Dave

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