by Alice Liles | Jul 28, 2025 | Cactus Are Cool
Gymnocalycium is a neat little cactus native to South America, mostly found in Argentina, but sometimes found in Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Brazil. Sometimes nicknamed the chin cactus because the rounded ribs often have a “chin” below the areoles. The...
by Alice Liles | Jul 14, 2025 | Cactus Are Cool
Back in 2009 I made two trips to Cibolo Creek Ranch near Marfa, the first time to learn about taking pictures with Wyman Meinzer, the second to plant cactus gardens for the ranch with their native cactus. On one of those trips they had just grated their roads. This...
by Alice Liles | Jul 6, 2025 | Cactus Are Cool
I bought my Melocactus salvadorensis at a Texas Association of Cactus and Succulent Societies (TACSS) seminar in Austin in 2022 and showed it to you in “My New Melocactus,” November 3, 2022. Melocactus are distinguished by the cephalium that develops in...
by Alice Liles | Mar 23, 2025 | Cactus Are Cool
Friday, March 14, graced us with 75-80 mph winds, a coating of dirt that I swear you could measure with a ruler-not just dust-dirt, and tree branches and litter that became an obstacle course. The sky, the horizon, the ground, everything was brown. I had to check on...
by Alice Liles | Jan 30, 2025 | Cactus Are Cool
Caudiciforms are plants of the succulent persuasion that store water in their caudex for prolonged periods of dry weather. If you have an adenium, commonly known as a desert rose, then you have one of these plants, sometimes called fat plants because of their...
by Alice Liles | Dec 19, 2024 | Cactus Are Cool
You may have read the previous post about my trip up Guadalupe Peak, “Guadalupe Peak; the Highest Mountain in Texas,” December 15, 2024. My fellow trekkers and I stayed at the Whites City Inn which is conveniently located on the way to Guadalupe Mountains...
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