Mammillaria

Mammillaria. One of my many unidentified mammillarias. Like most of them, this one is making a halo of blooms.

Euphorbias

I have not been able to identify the variety of either of these euphorbias. Their stems are similar, but the one, as you can see, does not have the flat, fleshy leaves that the other one does. And those little pink things on both are flowers, believe it or not! While...

And Finally, The X-Rated Tale From School

I had just moved into the second of the three rooms assigned to me during my tenure at Muleshoe High School. As I remember it, and that is using the term loosely as it has been a few years, it was a work day and my work was caught up, so I decided to clean out and...

Matucana madisoniorum

Matucana madisoniorum is one variety I don’t see very often. These are growing and seem healthy in spite of the blemishes on the bodies. You can see two more buds forming on the other cactus. I am not sure what caused the scarring. That is something I am still...