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Victoria is spectacular and also a bit intimidating
at night too.
9 May
Got away from Cd. Victoria and drove north
on Mex. Hwy 85 to Linares where we had
lunch at a motel on the north side of town. Took
Mex. Hwy. 60 west to Galeana. Made a false
start north out of Galeana to search out a Chiropterotrix
type locality, but to realize along the road that we
couldn't get there that way. Came back to Galeana
Galeana and continued west on Mex. Hwy 80 to
Mex. Hwy. 68 which we took south to the
town of Pabllillo - the alleged type locality of
Pseudotempea galeana . Not being up with the area (too dry) we continued south about miles
and marked a west facing draw and hillside as
follow.
3.3 miles south Pabllillo, Nuevo
Leon on Mex. Hwy 68. West facing hillside,
a gully flowing west (but no water) and the
flat of a north flowing stream bed below.
Most of the upper reaches of the hillside were
cut over and there was quite secondary brushy
growth but further north, down the slope
toward the gully, there were both oak &
pine. The flats along the stream bed are
relatively open with scattered oak & pine. Also,
strangely, saw cholla which was in bloom and