Archive for the ‘Cactus’ Category
Amazing Beautiful Cacti
Posted by VT Jenny on September 22, 2009
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Dancing Saguaro
Posted by VT Jenny on September 21, 2009
The ever amazing Saguaro – Carnegiea gigantea, growing in every direction almost looking like it’s dancing.
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Mammillaria grahamii – Graham’s Pincushion Cactus aka ‘Mammy Grammy’
Posted by VT Jenny on August 29, 2009
Mammillaria grahamii - Graham’s Pincushion Cactus aka ‘Mammy Grammy’
Size: 3-8″ tall, single or basally branching clumps.
Flowers: Pink to lavender, 1″ in diameter borne in a ring around the crown
Site: Well drained soils in rocks and under shrubs.
Uses: Rock gardens, in combination with other desert plants, specimen in small areas.
Foliage: Central spine brown & hooked; radials white to light brown
Native: SW US, Sonora, Sinaloa & Chihuahua.
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Echinopsis are Blooming!
Posted by VT Jenny on April 24, 2009
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Pelecyphora asseliformis
Posted by VT Jenny on April 14, 2009
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Echinocereus triglochidiatus – Claret Cup Hedgehog
Posted by VT Jenny on March 27, 2009
Echinocereus triglochidiatus - Claret Cup Hedgehog Cactus
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Melocactus
Posted by VT Jenny on February 18, 2009
Melocactus matanzanus - after flower before fruit
- Melocactus pachyacanthus
Melocactus pachyacanthus
Melocactus conoideus
Melocactus conoideus
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Ferocactus latispinus
Posted by VT Jenny on January 11, 2009
Ferocactus latispinus - Horse-Crippler Cactus
Southern US to Central Mexico
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Ferocactus macrodiscus
Posted by VT Jenny on January 11, 2009
Ferocactus macrodiscus
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