I thought this was a very beautiful view in Saguaro Park outside of Tucson.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007 Saguaro in Saguaro Park I thought this was a very beautiful view in Saguaro Park outside of Tucson.
posted by Stan at 6:34 PM Tuesday, June 26, 2007 Saguaro with Nurse Plant  This is a photo of a young Saguaro growing with a nurse plant in Organ Pipe National Monument.
posted by Stan at 4:25 PM Sunday, June 24, 2007 Stenocereus thurberi  This is the cactus to see in Organ Pipe National Monument, and we saw most of them just outside of the visitors center. They told us there were more of them in the south end of the park, but these roads were closed. Labels: vacation
posted by Stan at 6:15 PM Wednesday, June 20, 2007 Mammillaria with full flowers  This one had its flowers wide open - they are very adorable little cacti.
posted by Stan at 6:41 PM Monday, June 18, 2007 More Mammillaria  These Mammillaria seemed to be growing all over the southern parts of Arizona. This one was just starting to open its flowers.
posted by Stan at 5:50 PM Saturday, June 16, 2007 Mammillaria with pups  This in another Mammillaria we saw in Tucson, and it is wild they way some species make offsets or pups like the one in this photo.
posted by Stan at 12:32 PM Tuesday, June 12, 2007 Mammillaria - there's always more to want.  Mammillaria are really wonderful cacti and I can see why some people actually try to collect all of them - and there are hundreds. This is another one from the Tucson Botanical Gardens. Labels: vacation
posted by Stan at 6:46 PM Monday, June 11, 2007 Beautiful Mammillaria
posted by Stan at 8:21 PM Saturday, June 09, 2007 Cholla with Purple Skin  There were lots of different kinds of Cholla growing all over southern Arizona. These were especially beautiful and I had to have at least a picture of them. The plants themselves would be very difficult to grow in Wisconsin, but I wish I had a stem piece to try rooting.
posted by Stan at 8:40 PM Friday, June 08, 2007 Opuntia in Organ Pipe Cactus N. Monument  These 'Prickly Pear Cactus' Plants were growing everywhere in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, and I wish we could have been there when they were all blooming. Still, wonderful plants to see.
posted by Stan at 7:16 PM Tuesday, June 05, 2007 New Red Pads  I don't know the species of these Opuntia, but the new pads they were putting out were very beautiful. These plants were growing all around the Tucson area.
posted by Stan at 8:58 PM Monday, June 04, 2007 Mammillaria bowls  I think the only way to grow Mammillaria plants as grand as these is to live in Tucson. We can get lots of Mammillaria species to grow fairly well here in Wisconsin, but the fuzzy clumping ones are more challenging. These were in the Botanical Gardens.
posted by Stan at 7:11 PM Sunday, June 03, 2007 Echinocactus platyacanthus  Going back to vacation photos for a while.... This is the first time I've ever seen an adult form of this cactus, Echinocactus platyacanthus. This one was at the Tuscon Botanical Gardens and they are beautiful plants that, I understand, can grow to over 6 feet tall.
posted by Stan at 10:20 AM Saturday, June 02, 2007 Echinocereus viridiflorus var. montanus flowers  One last photo of these Echinocereus viridiflorus var. montanus flowers for their beauty. These are really great plants to grow and I look forward to watching them bloom every spring. It gives me a kind of sad feeling to think that I have to wait another year to see them again. Labels: spring
posted by Stan at 11:26 AM Friday, June 01, 2007 Echinocereus viridiflorus var. montanus flowers all in a row  This one was very fun to watch this spring and put its flowers out all in a row. Usually they bloom with a few flowers at a time over a few weeks but this one opened all of its flowers at the same time - except a few buds it held back for later. Labels: spring
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