by Alice Liles | Jan 19, 2023 | Cactus Are Cool
January in Muleshoe doesn’t lend itself to much color other than brown. Brown grass, brown dirt, brown tumbleweeds, leafless trees; if the wind is blowing, which is often, dusty brown air. Winter up here isn’t very colorful anyway, and the drought hasn’t helped. But I...
by Alice Liles | Jan 23, 2022 | Cactus Are Cool
My Pleiospilos nelii just bloomed and I wanted to share it with you. I have written about these plants before, but it’s always fun each time they bloom. Another bud is coming up on the other side. Then I noticed that some of the other plants in the same family of...
by Alice Liles | Jan 31, 2013 | Blooming Now
I have lost the name of this gray succulent, but it makes this pretty cascade of blooms. Aloinopsis is a mesembryanthemum that comes from the south of Africa. Its name means midday flowering. The buds aren’t obvious, so when it does bloom, it’s always something of a...
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