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Opuntia galapageia var. zacana and Bursera graveolens subsp. malacophylla, some pads eaten by the greedy introduced land iguanas Conolophus subcristatus, North Seymour, Galapagos
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Opuntia galapageia var. zacana, pads, North Seymour, Galapagos
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Opuntia galapageia var. zacana, pads partly eaten by the greedy introduced land iguanas Conolophus subcristatus, North Seymour, Galapagos
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Opuntia galapageia var. zacana, endemic to North Seymour, the pads partly eaten by the greedy introduced land iguanas Conolophus subcristatus from the nearby Baltra island, Galapagos
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Opuntia galapageia var. zacana almost totally destroyed by the greedy introduced land iguanas Conolophus subcristatus, North Seymour, Galapagos
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Opuntia galapageia var. zacana, the last basal part of the main trunk eaten eaten by a greedy introduced land iguana Conolophus subcristatus, North Seymour, Galapagos
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Patrick Blanc observing an old Opuntia galapageia var. myriacantha covered by countless huge spines, Las Bachas, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Aug. 2021
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Patrick Blanc much intrigued by an old Opuntia galapageia var. myriacantha covered by countless huge spines, Las Bachas, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Aug. 2021
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Opuntia galapageia var. myriacantha, quite young individual still keeping the numerous long spines along the trunk, Las Bachas, Santa Cruz, Galapagos
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Opuntia galapageia var. myriacantha, old individual on sandy substratum, just few meters away from the ocean, Las Bachas, Santa Cruz, Galapagos
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Opuntia galapageia var. myriacantha, pads with fruits bending on the sandy ground, Las Bachas, Santa Cruz, Galapagos
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Opuntia galapageia var. myriacantha, pads and fruits on the sandy ground, Las Bachas, Santa Cruz, Galapagos
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Opuntia galapageia var. myriacantha, branch produced by succession of pads, Las Bachas, Santa Cruz, Galapagos
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Opuntia galapageia var. myriacantha, areoles producing the characteristic numerous long spines, Las Bachas, Santa Cruz, Galapagos
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Opuntia galapageia var. myriacantha, areoles producing continuously the long golden spines, Las Bachas, Santa Cruz, Galapagos
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Patrick Blanc and Pascal Héni around a very old Opuntia galapageia var. gigantea, its trunk covered by a bright orange bark, way to Tortuga Bay, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Aug. 2021
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Patrick Blanc and old Opuntia galapageia var. gigantea, Las Grietas, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Aug. 2021
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Patrick Blanc and the bright orange scaly bark of an old Opuntia galapageia var. gigantea, way to Tortuga Bay, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Aug. 2021
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Opuntia galapageia var. gigantea, bright orange scaly rhytidome with areoles scars of an old specimen, way to Tortuga Bay, Santa Cruz, Galapagos
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Opuntia galapageia var. gigantea population at sunset, Las Grietas, Santa Cruz, Galapagos
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Opuntia galapageia var. gigantea, population in coastal bush during the cold dry season, way to Tortuga Bay, Santa Cruz, Galapagos
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Patrick Blanc in the Opuntia galapageia var. gigantea rocky bush, way to Tortuga Bay, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Aug. 2021
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Opuntia galapageia var. gigantea, individuals at different ages side by side suggesting a good population regeneration, way to Tortuga Bay, Santa Cruz, Galapagos
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Opuntia galapageia var. gigantea, areoles, way to Tortuga Bay, Santa Cruz, Galapagos
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Opuntia galapageia var. gigantea, flowering pad, Las Grietas, Santa Cruz, Galapagos
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Opuntia galapageia var. gigantea, flower, Las Grietas, Santa Cruz, Galapagos
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Opuntia galapageia var. gigantea, flowers with a Darwin's cactus finch, Geospiza scandens foraging inside, way to Tortuga bay, Santa Cruz, Galapagos
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Opuntia galapageia var. gigantea, maturing fruits, way to Tortuga Bay, Santa Cruz, Galapagos
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Opuntia galapageia var. gigantea, fruiting individual, way to Tortuga Bay, Santa Cruz, Galapagos
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Opuntia galapageia var. gigantea, pads covered with fruits at the apical periphery, way to Tortuga Bay, Santa Cruz, Galapagos
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Opuntia galapageia var. gigantea, pad desely covered by maturing fruits, way to Tortuga Bay, Santa Cruz, Galapagos
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Patrick Blanc and Opuntia galapageia var. gigantea growing regularly and undamaged along a wall, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Aug. 2021
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Scalesia helleri, leaves clustered at the top of the branches, Finch bay, Santa Cruz, Galapagos
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Scalesia helleri, young individual with very dissected leaves, Finch bay, Santa Cruz, Galapagos
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Scalesia helleri, inflorescences, Finch bay, Santa Cruz, Galapagos
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Elasis hirsuta hanging along a dry cliff, Pululahua, Pichincha, Ecuador
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Elasis hirsuta, main hanging stem with long internodes and dry leaves and axillary erect leafy stems, Pululahua, Pichincha, Ecuado
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Elasis hirsuta, main hanging stem with long internodes and quickly drying leaves and lateral erect stems with short internodes and green persistant leaves, Pululahua, Pichincha, Ecuado
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Elasis hirsuta, leafy axillary stem, Pululahua, Pichincha, Ecuador
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Elasis hirsuta, inflorescence reduced to a single flower at the top of an erect axillary shoot on full sun exposed substratum, Pululahua, Pichincha, Ecuador