Diversity of Succulent Plants in Baja California

What is a Succulent?

Adaptation to Arid Climates

Cerro Colorado Species List

Cerro Colorado Photos

Cerro Caguama Photos

San Borja Photos

Cataviña Photos

Montevideo Canyon Photos

Santa Rosalillita Photos

El Arco Photos

Calamajue Photos

El Arco Succulents Image Gallery

Mark Dimmitt, principal photographer. Click on each photo to enlarge.

A beautiful specimen of Ferocactus gracilis coloratus.

Pedilanthus macrocarpus

El Arco's claim to fame is its totem pole cactus, a mutant of senita (Lophocereus schottii). Photo: David Seibert

All the totem pole plants are a single clone; it rarely flowers and cannot produce fertile seeds. The population is about two miles across. There are at least two more mutant populations that look similar.