| Esmeralda Copiapoa |
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| File size | 1020925 |
| Original date | 2/16/08 2:59 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 8.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/639s |
| Aperture | 5.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Copiapoa esmeraldana Family: Cactaceae (Cactus family)
Synonyms: Copiapoa humilis
Synonyms: Copiapoa humilis
Esmeralda Copiapoa is a low-growing cactus, native to the Esmeralda region
of Chile. Stem is green, soft, succulent, 3-7 cm, tip covered with white
wool, particularly at flowering time. Ribs are 13-16, deeply toothed,
tuberculate , 6-10 mm tall. Tubercles are rounded, chin-shaped. Areoles
are 3-4 mm in diameter, apical, slightly dislocated in the lower part of
the tubercle, 8-15 mm apart, covered with short whitish wool when young,
later hairless. Spines are brownish to ash-grey, straight. Young plants
only have thin radial spines, while the centrals appear as the plants
mature. Flowers are yellow, bell-shaped, scented, about 3.2 cm long. They
grow from the center of the white wool at the tip.
Identification credit: Thangjam Hindustani
| Photographed in Delhi. |