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Opuntiads of Argentina, Page 2

Barrie Glover is a cactus enthusiast from England, and he’s an intrepid traveler. He’s visited cactus country on multiple trips to North America and South America. He’s captured many wonderful plants and scenes on film and shares some images of Argentine opuntiads on this page.

Barrie traveled in Argentina with the help of Willy Smith, an Argentine citizen who arranges tours to cactus country. Willy’s Web site offers interesting photos and information about cacti in Argentina, and it also provides information about cactus tours.

All photographs on this page are copyrighted to Barrie Glover, 2007, 2008.

Cactus habitat, Quines, Argentina, 1600 ft	Opuntia sulphurea, Quines, Argentina	Tephrocactus articulatus (v. papyracantha, few spines), Quines, Argentina
Tephrocactus articulatus (v. papyracantha), Quines, Argentina	Tephrocactus alexanderi, Marayes, Argentina	Tephrocactus alexanderi, Marayes, Argentina
Close-up, fruit, Tephrocactus alexanderi	Tephrocactus alexanderi, Marayes, Argentina	Opuntia sulphurea, Quines, Argentina, about 1600 ft
Tephrocactus geometricus (considered by taxonomists to be a form of T. alexanderi), about 1600 ft elevation, Las Angosturas	Tephrocactus geometricus (considered by taxonomists to be a form of T. alexanderi), Las Angosturas	Las Angosturas, Argentina, home of Tephrocactus genometricus, elevation about 1650 ft
Tephrocactus articulatus (v. papyracanthus), Marayes, Argentina, about 1900 ft, older plant that has "disassembled"	Tephrocactus articulatus (v. papyracanthus), Marayes, Argentina	Tephrocactus articulatus (v. papyracanthus), Marayes, Argentina
Tephrocactus articulatus (v. papyracanthus), Marayes, Argentina	Tephrocactus articulatus (v. papyracanthus), Marayes, about 1900 ft	Tephrocactus articulatus (v. papyracanthus), Marayes, about 1900 ft
Tephrocactus articulatus (v. papyracanthus), Marayes, about 1900 ft	Tephrocactus articulatus (v. papyracanthus), Marayes, about 1900 ft, "disassembled"	Tephrocactus articulatus (v. papyracanthus), Marayes, about 1900 ft
Tephrocactus articulatus	Opuntia sulphurea	Tunilla species (Opuntia corrugata), Coralles, Argentina, 5,900 ft
Tunilla species (Opuntia corrugata), Coralles, Argentina, 5,900 ft	Tephrocactus weberi	Tunilla species (Opuntia corrugata), San Fernando, Argentina, 1,700 ft
Opuntia sulphurea with dark spines, Baldes de Rosario, Argentina, about 4,000 ft	Opuntia sulphurea, Ruinas de Los Quilmes, Argentina, 6,100 ft	Tephrocactus molinensis, San Carolos, Argentina, 5,200 ft
Tephrocactus molinensis, San Carlos, Argentina	Opuntia sulphurea	Tunilla species (possibly Opuntia microdisca), Toqueros, Argentina, 11,600 ft
Maihueniopsis boliviana, Toqueros Argentina, 11,600 ft.	Maihueniopsis boliviana, Toqueros Argentina, 11,600 ft.	Close-up of plant at left, showing flowers
Maihueniopsis pentlandii, Toqueros, Argentina	Maihueniopsis pentlandii, Toqueros, Argentina	Maihueniopsis pentlandii, Toqueros, Argentina
Maihueniopsis glomerata, Tafna, Argentina	Maihueniopsis glomerata, Tafna, Argentina	Tephrocactus aoracanthus, Ischigualasto National Park, Argentina (Moon Valley), about 5,000 ft
Tephrocactus aoracanthus, Ischigualasto National Park, Argentina (Moon Valley), about 5,000 ft	One view of Ischigualasto National Park, Argentina (Moon Valley)	Photographer Barrie Glover, facing camera