Saguaro Cactus - chipilala chopanda chipululu.

Moyo wazomera zambiri suyamba mosavuta. Chimphona cha Saguaro sichoncho. Amatuluka mu nthanga yaying'ono, yomwe mwa mwayi udagwera m'nthaka yabwino, pansi pa mtengo kapena shrubber. Mvula ikamagwa, mphukira imamenyedwa kunja kwa njereyo, yomwe zaka 25-30 ifika kutalika pafupifupi mita. Chomera ichi chimatchedwa cactus. Pambuyo pa zaka 50, Saguaro cactus imakula ndikukhala pachimake koyamba ndi maluwa oyera oyera omwe amatulutsa usiku wokha. Pambuyo pakufika mita isanu kutalika, njira zamtsogolo zimapangidwa pa cactus. Zomera zazikulu zimakula kutalika mpaka 15 metres, kulemera kwa matani 6-8 ndikukhala ndi moyo mpaka zaka 150. Ndizosangalatsanso kuti 80% ya zimphona izi zimapangidwa ndi madzi, ndi kulemera kwake kosangalatsa - ndi chitsime chamadzi m'chipululu.

Zaka khumi zoyambirira za moyo wake, Saguaro amakhala mumthunzi wa mtengo kapena chitsamba, chomwe chimateteza pang'ono kumphepo, kuwonetsa mthunzi masiku otentha. Ndipo kachulukidwe kamene kamakhala pansi pa mizu yamitengoyi kumathandizira moyo wa Saguaro. Ndi kukula kwa cactus, mtengo womwe umateteza umafa. Chowonadi ndi chakuti nkhadze imayamwa kwambiri madzi kuchokera m'nthaka yosauka, ndipo palibe chilichonse chatsalira pamtengowo kapena shrub - woyang'anira. Saguaro imatenga madzi bwino kwambiri kotero kuti imatha kuphulika kuchokera kumadzi ochulukirapo. Chifukwa cha izi, njira zatsopano zimawonekeranso cactus mvula iliyonse ikatha. Nsonga za cactus zimakutidwa ndi tsitsi loyera loyera lomwe limateteza mbewu ku kutentha, mukachotsa chovalacho, kutentha kumawonjezeka ndi madigiri 5! Chovuta china cha Saguaro ndi kuyanika kwa mbewu kuchokera mkati.

Zimphona za Saguaro sizikudziwa kusowa kwa alendo. Mbalame zambiri zimabisala kwa zilombo komanso nyengo zoyipa, zikubisalira dzenje mkati mwa cactus. Ngakhale masingano akuthwa, mbalame monga mtengo wamtambo wagolide ndi mitengo yaying'ono yamdima yakuda imakonzera zisa zawo m'makola. Popita nthawi, alendo okhala ndi zovala amachoka m'malo awo obisalamo, ndipo mbalame zina, mwachitsanzo, wapolisi wofundira, boti laling'ono kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, komanso abuluzi ambiri, amakhala m'malo mwawo. Nyama za m'chipululu zimagwiritsa ntchito zipatso za nkhadze ngati chakudya. Ndipo nthawi yomweyo amafalitsa mbewu za Saguaro cactus m'chipululu chonse. Zipatso za Saguaro zimatha kukolola pokhapokha ngati atapeza chilolezo kuchokera kwa atsogoleri a mafuko ena aku India. Amwenye amapanga manyuchi okoma a zipatso izi.

Saguaro cacti ndi gawo limodzi lazipululu kumwera chakumadzulo kwa America, chizindikiro cha Sonora Desert, chomwe chimayambira ku Mexico mpaka kumalire akumwera kwa Arizona. Pofuna kupewa kutha kwa zimphona izi zonyadira, Saguaro National Park idapangidwa.