The only problem with Bidenâs history lesson is that the âman with steel in his spineâ he referred to should have been George W. Bush, not Barack Obama. Lest we forget, it was Bush rather than Obama who initiated the government rescue of the auto companies.
* The Pilosocereus cactus is native to Brazil and can grow up to 20ft in height. * The giant Saguaro cactus is the world's tallest, growing up to 67ft high, weighing six tonnes and can live for 250 years. I takes 50 years to produce its first flower.
The tallest free-standing cactus is Pachycereus pringlei, with a maximum recorded height of 19.2 m (63 ft), and the smallest is Blossfeldia liliputiana, only about 1 cm (0.4 in) in diameter at maturity.actus spines are produced from specialized structures called areoles, a kind of highly reduced branch. Areoles are an identifying feature of cacti. As well as spines, areoles give rise to flowers, which are usually tubular and multipetaled.