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tom · 10-15-2006 04:12 PM

Tallest Cactus?

Saguaro (Cereus giganiteus or Carnegiea gigantea) is the world's tallest cactus. The tallest specimen on record was found in the Maricopa Mountains, Arizona, USA in 1988 and had branches that rose to a record height of 58 ft.
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**forwardone** · 10-15-2006 06:32 PM

I saw this article which tells of what was at the time (1998) regarded as the world`s tallest home-grown cactus at 13.5 metres. Hard to believe, I`d love to see a picture of it.

Indian cactus displays towering
ambitions

Prickly problem: The cactus is surrounded by barbed wire

When an Indian couple bought a small cactus for their garden 20 years
ago they little suspected it would land them in the Guinness Book of
Records.

The spikey giant which dwarfs their
home became the world's tallest
cactus this year after growing to
almost 13.5 metres.

Dr A K Kashi, an agricultural
scientist, and his wife Joythi bought
the plant at a railway station in
1978.

It first entered the Guinness Book of Records
in 1993 when it became the tallest home grown
cactus.

But this did not curb the couple's enthusiasm -
nor that of the cactus.

Mrs Kashi says the trick was a little
water and manure and some severe
pruning.

The cactus attracts hundreds of
visitors to their garden in Karnataka,
Mysore.

But they have had to cover it in
barbed wire because its stem and
spines are poisonous.

The plant itself needs protection
from excess rains, ants and other
insects.

It bears flowers from July to
October but each blooms for only one night.

The prickly monster still seems to be growing and Mrs Kashi says it
could survive for a century.

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