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    • Melocactus azureus

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TGAW

Date

Jan 3, 2009

Place

Peter Island, British Virgin Islands (Google, OSM)

Description

Okay-- not entirely sure on this one. The Turk's Cap Cactus (also known as Compass Cactus because it tends to face South) does grow on the Virgin Islands.

I saw this guy walking on a gravel road near White Bay and Beach on Peter Island.

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Description from Wikipedia

Melocactus azureus is a species of plant in the Cactaceae family. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are rocky areas and hot deserts. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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