Alluaudia – Another Interesting Plant from Madagascar
The genus Alluaudia is one of the many plants native only to Madagascar. Six varieties exist. I happen to have two of them. One I am pretty sure I have identified correctly, this Alluaudia montagnacii.This particular alluaudia has spines longer than its leaves,...
Muleshoe Classroom Teachers Continue Goody Bag Tradition
As I added my contribution to the CTA goody bags and carried filled bags into the board meeting room, April Smith delighted in reminding me that back in the day-way last century!- I was the one responsible for starting this practice of presenting the new MISD...
Edithcolea Grandis has a Spectacular Flower
I had seen a picture of this plant’s flower and knew I wanted one. So when I learned that friend and fellow cactus-lover Woody Minnich in Edgewood, New Mexico, had them for sale in his Cactus Data Plants greenhouse, I jumped at the chance to get one. I ordered it in...
It’s Muleshoe’s Turn Again on the KCBD Community Coverage Tour
In 2012 and 2015 Muleshoe was graced with being one of the five towns on the KCBD Community Coverage Tour. The pandemic put a temporary stop to the tour, but this year the folks at the television station were at it again, and Muleshoe was one of their stops. We were...
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