Wild Cactus - Hardcover

Houk, Rose

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1885183208 ISBN 13: 9781885183200

Verlag: Artisan Books, 1996

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Book by Houk Rose

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An account of the wild cactus that also includes Native American folklore, ancient culinary and medicinal uses, and current conservation issues. The author travelled throughout the American Southwest, Baja California and Mexico to capture the cactus and the landscapes where they can be found.

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Wild Cactus provides an alluring look at one of the most sensual, intriguing groups of plants on earth. Prickly pear, cholla, organ pipe, hedgehog, saguaro, cardon--the names of cacti are as curious as their shapes, and their ingenious adaptations to unique enironments represent astonishing responses to the natural world. Some cacti, for example, have adapted to exist only on one small island off the coast of Baja California. Some bloom just after sunrise, some only in the afternoon. some, such as the saguaro, flower only after growing in the desert for forty years of so (a surprising botanical fact tempered by life spans that can stretch for as long as 200 years). Others, such as the reina de la noche, or queen of the night, put forth an exquisite, richly scented white blossom for one night only and only once in a season.

In Wild Cactus, Rose Houk writes an evocative, passionate account of these fascinating plants--exploring not only natural history secrets but Native American folklore, ancient culinary and medicinal uses, and current conservation issues. She also includes a helpful section on propagation and cultivation for those who want to grow their own cacti.

The breathtaking photographs, taken by nature photographer George Huey, richly illustrate the jewel-like splendor and exotic drame of wild cacti. Huey traveled throughout the American Southwest, Baja California, and mainland Mexico to capture their luxuriant flowers and fruit, their impressive armor of spines, and the often surreal and landscape where they can be found. From the wine-red flower of the claret cup cactus to acres of saguaro forest in the Sonoran Desert, from a cactus wren tucked into the spines of a cholla to a desert tortoise eating the juicy red fruits of a prickly pear. Huey's portraits will entrance anyone interested in the unusual beauty of the desert realm.

More than 100 full-color photographs

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Artisan Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1885183208
• ISBN 13: 9781885183200
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 144