I always enjoy older television programming .. probably my way of ignoring the realities of change, and Maverick is one of my favorites. However, in this episode I could not help but notice a small prop inaccuracy. The botanist in the opening completely misidentified the cactus on display in the desert; it's not a Pachycereus. Pachycereus, meaning thick torch, is a genus of various cacti all of which have a similar characteristic .. tall singular stem. Some variations could be referred to as a bush, but that is a stretch of the word's meaning, a thick straight growing stem that has what could resemble upward growing arms, such as the Pringlei variety. But none of them look even close to the Prickly Pear identified in this episode as a Pachycereus. Nevertheless, this episode is one of the more inventive story lines. Worth watching.
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