Pretty in Pink

by | Apr 18, 2019 | Cactus Are Cool

I was knocked out by all the pink that greeted me in the greenhouse this week. Pink is not unusual in cactus blooms; my Wyoming pediocactus are an early pink display, the outside cactus garden is splattered with pink in May from the echinocereus reichenbachii blooms,...

Another Mammillaria in Bloom

by | Feb 18, 2018 | Cactus Are Cool

I was surprised to find this mammillaria in bloom the other day when I went in the greenhouse, the first time for it to bloom. I’m afraid this is one for which I lost the identification tag. Or perhaps it was just ID’ed as mammillaria species, which happens, what with...

Cold Outside; Cheery Inside

by | Dec 29, 2013 | Blooming Now

The dogs and I just walked in 28 degree weather under an overcast dreary sky. Before coming in, I checked the greenhouse. Not dreary in there: Senecio cephalophorus  Euphorbia milii in red  Thelocactus macdowellii-This one has been trying to open for the...