The Cirro or Boojum cactus has got to be one of the strangest ones. It is indigenous to Baja. It looks like an upside down carrot covered with roots. When it rains it grows leaves on its trunk and flowers on its top. When its dry it just looks like a silver carrot. It has a very thick bark and is pretty useless, although some unique furnature is made from it. It can grow to be over 30 feet tall and it will take ovder 300 years to get that tall. So, these cirros are very old cactus,double click on the picture and you will see Dawne and I standing at the base of a very tall cirro. These are very rigid plants, like many cactus they do not move in a strong wind which I guess is how they have survived many hurricanes.
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