Copyright: Christiane Schulze
The Saguaro cacti are very large, columnar stem succulents with a very shallow root system and few branches that are only formed at an advanced age. The main shoots grow about 12 to 15 m (partly also up to 20 m) and 30 to 70 cm thick. The branches, which are several metres high, are held upright. The brown areoles standing on the twelve to 24 rounded ribs are about 2 to 2.5 cm apart. From the areoles arise twelve and more, 1 to 2 cm long, radial arranged radial spines and three to six strong central spines, up to 7 cm long. At the height of the plant the grey spines become shorter and finer.
The flowers formed by the areoles near the crown are 8 to 12 cm long and open to a diameter of 12 cm. Their petals are white to cream coloured. The fruits formed after fertilization are 6 to 9 cm long, weakly felted on the outside and sometimes carry one to three thin thorns on the areoles. When ripe, the fruits turn red on the inside and outside and open from the tip. The very many (up to 4000), about 2 mm large seeds are black.
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Christiane W. Schulze was born in Dortmund / Germany
From 2003 - 2007 she studied Art.
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