In article ,
Chris Hogg wrote:
On Fri, 11 May 2012 19:08:14 +0100, Jeff Layman
wrote:

On 11/05/2012 16:51, harryagain wrote:
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/xHkq1edcbk4?rel=0

Anyone know what the cactus is shown at 1:52 and again at 2:10?

My little book on cacti says that examples of bat-pollinated cacti are
"found in the Carnegiea, Pachycereus, Stenocereus and other
arborescent cerei". On the face of it, that's not much help, but
bearing in mind the size of the bats (flying foxes? the size of a
crow?) and the cacti referred to above, they are those huge 10 - 15
metre tall cacti of Arizona and Mexico (Sonoran desert), for example
Carnegiea gigantea (the saguaro), or Pachycereus pringlei (the
cardon). Google for 'bat pollinated cacti'.

Not quite. Cacti are effectively all New World plants (i.e.
all except Rhipsalis), and fruit bats or flying foxes are all
Old World. Some are significantly larger than crows.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.