Cactus Flowers of Chincheros

[M S Smith]

Hello Michael! the market is in one of the cities of the

Sacred Valley of Cuzco, Perú, named Chincheros, they sell

it for food and as medicine too.

Thank you for your comments

maria e

~Michael~

[M S Smith]

Well, since posting the photo above I ran with the name "Chincheros" and look what I found with a little more effort. This shot is by a different person, but maybe this plant is similar to what the flowers came off of. Don't ask me what it is doing all cut up on the ground...actually one of the photo tags was "garbage."

~Michael~

Edited March 3, 2009 by M S Smith

[t st tantra]

is that maria in the blue clothes?

t s t .

[M S Smith]

t s t, nope, that looks to be the seller of the flowers. Maria apparently is just a tourist passing through on vacation.

~Michael~

[t st tantra]

thanx for satisfying my curiosity,thought i might not be the only one wondering.

do you know anything about cactii use as anti inflamitory or for other pain relief?i've heard of modern use for this purpose and am interested esp in what chemical might be involved.

t s t .