@Baja_Costero, thanks so much! I see now that there are two forms of E. ingens, the standard and a weeping form. I took photos of another one that has the standard form:
@mcvansoest, thanks for the ID of Cylindropuntia ... looks right for that genus. I'll put my photo in the general database entry since I can't be sure of the exact species.
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