Flowers at Night?

by | Oct 27, 2024 | Cactus Are Cool

I had been watching my Ariocarpus bravoanus for several days anxiously waiting for it to bloom. Then on Tuesday (October 22), there it was! You can see some of the plant in this picture. The next day the Ariocarpus agavoides next to the bravoanus also opened. You have...

A Fort Worth Weekend

by | Oct 13, 2024 | Cactus Are Cool

I traveled to Fort Worth last weekend for the annual Texas Association of Cactus and Succulent Societies (TACSS)  fall seminar and wound up also enjoying the Fort Worth Botanical Garden, the private garden of Ross and Karen Floyd, and had a glimpse of how the big boys...

Mules Bonfire 2024

by | Sep 26, 2024 | Bright Lights

We knew it was homecoming weekend because for the last couple of weeks, city dump trucks have been rumbling past our house with wood for the bonfire. So, today, Thursday, September 26, the road was all quiet. The bonfire was ready. We put out our Mules flag, which...

Rainbows, Hailstorms, and Cactus Flowers

by | Sep 22, 2024 | Cactus Are Cool

I left Tuesday, September 17, for Edgewood, New Mexico, to give a cactus talk to the Santa Fe Cactus and Succulent Club. I stayed with Woody and Kathy Minnich at their home in Edgewood. Woody is an expert in the cactus world and grows and sells all kinds of cacti and...