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(Photograph = Hechtia sp, Amante Darmanin)<\/sup><\/p>\n

Introduction<\/h2>\n

Santiago de Quer\u00e9taro is the capital city of Quer\u00e9taro state, Mexico. The state has different ecological regions: mountains, plains, dry areas, wet areas, etc. This means that there are many different types of plants in\u00a0Quer\u00e9taro.<\/p>\n

The Details<\/h3>\n

The cacti and other xeric plants of Quer\u00e9taro are diverse, and some are easy to find in pastures or old rangelands. Some are nearly extinct in the wild (e.g., Echinocactus grusonii). Some are large (Myrtillocactus) and some are small (Lophophora). But they are all interesting in their own ways<\/p>\n

For instance L. diffusa is false peyote; unlike the related L. williamsii to the north, it contains essentially no mescaline. There are several species of Hechtia and Agave (rosette plants<\/a>). Myrtillocactus geometrizans can actually form beautiful cactus forests. And Peniocereus serpentinus has one of the most beautiful flowers in the genus.<\/p>\n

Additional Reading:\u00a0Quer\u00e9taro Botanic Garden<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Peniocereus <\/a>
Peniocereus serpentinus <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Myrtillocactus <\/a>
Myrtillocactus geometrizans, Amante Darmanin <\/div> <\/div>
\"Opuntia <\/a>
Opuntia mycrodasys, Quer\u00e9taro, MX, Amante Darmanin <\/div> <\/div>
\"Agave <\/a>
Agave sp, Quer\u00e9taro, MX, Amante Darmanin <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Thelocactus <\/a>
Thelocactus leucacanthus v. schmollii, Quer\u00e9taro, MX <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Coryphantha <\/a>
Coryphantha cornifera, Quer\u00e9taro, MX, Amante Darmanin <\/div> <\/div>
\"Opuntia <\/a>
Opuntia sp, Quer\u00e9taro, MX <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Coryphantha <\/a>
Coryphantha erecta, Amante Darmanin <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Photograph = Hechtia sp, Amante Darmanin) Introduction Santiago de Quer\u00e9taro is the capital city of Quer\u00e9taro state, Mexico. The state has different ecological regions: mountains, plains, dry areas, wet areas, etc. This means that there are many different types of plants in\u00a0Quer\u00e9taro. The Details The cacti and other xeric plants of Quer\u00e9taro are diverse, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-1592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cacti","category-succulents","tag-mexico"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/opuntiads.com\/oblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hechtia-sp-amante-darmanin9.jpg.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opuntiads.com\/oblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opuntiads.com\/oblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opuntiads.com\/oblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opuntiads.com\/oblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opuntiads.com\/oblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1592"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/opuntiads.com\/oblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6101,"href":"https:\/\/opuntiads.com\/oblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1592\/revisions\/6101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opuntiads.com\/oblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opuntiads.com\/oblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opuntiads.com\/oblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opuntiads.com\/oblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}