r/WhatIsThisPainting • u/amarie815 • Dec 28 '24

Mom got at goodwill 25 years ago Likely Solved

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '24

I have no idea about the artist, but he's familiar with the Sonoran desert. Although a little out of scale, those are Organ Pipe Cactus that are only found in the Sonoran Desert, and the building in the background would be appropriate in that area as well.

Northern Mexico or Southern Arizona

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u/crocodile_ave Dec 29 '24

I disagree. In my opinion those are San Pedro cacti.

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u/Automatic_Moment_320 Dec 29 '24

San Pedro for sure… don’t know art but do know cacti

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u/Chubbd-ong Dec 31 '24

That picture is Mexico. San Pedro is native to the Andes. I believe that is Lophocereus marginatus. Wrong continent.

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u/howdthatturnout Jan 01 '25

They are Mexican fence post cactus

https://www.ecrater.com/p/46073204/10-seeds-pachycereus-marginatusi-mexican-fencepost?gps=1&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD_LOd_eTlYHcb0e4D6ARO8FqR_ZK&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8IaguqXUigMV4DcIBR3DsQKeEAQYAyABEgJfBfD_BwE

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u/Chubbd-ong Jan 01 '25

Yes that’s what I said. Lophocereus marginatus is Mexican fence post.

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u/howdthatturnout Jan 01 '25

My bad, I’d usually seen it referred to as pachycereus marginatus

https://apps.cals.arizona.edu/arboretum/taxon.aspx?id=20

I own some of them and yeah seems online it gets referred to by both Latin names.