I had a strange thing happen to one of my Escobaria plants this summer. While the other cacti were forming flower buds this one made a lot of woolly structures where the flower buds should have been. I'm unsure why, but then a few weeks later it began to die. I wish it had bloomed instead, and I wish I understood what it was doing with all of the wool and why it then died. Strange end for a cactus.
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This Ferocactus was in bloom in the Tucson Botanical Gardens on our vacation. Very beautiful plant.
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These plants are really beautiful and I wish I had one of these in our back yard. However, I'm unwilling to live in a place hot enough to grow one outdoors, and I love to see snow in the winter. I'll have to be happy with the photo.
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This was a beautiful Ferocactus growing in Organ Pipe National Monument in the campgrounds area.
I had to photograph one of these because they are so strange - dieing Saguaro.
This was one of the large Saguaros in Saguaro Park outside of Tucson. It was great to see these plants on our vacation, and the park is very beautiful.
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Just a nice photo of a Ferocactus, Opuntia and Cholla for fun
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