Brown Outside; Colorful Inside

by | 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...

Succulent Blooms

by | Feb 28, 2018 | Cactus Are Cool

The weather is still not cooperating, but I have few specimens that are determined to bloom, nice weather or not. So let me share a few that I am enjoying right now. I can hole up in the greenhouse, listen to wind howling outside, and take my time looking at the...

A Pachyphytum–I Think!

by | Feb 27, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool

This is a succulent I have had for a long time and lost the identification tag a long time ago, but I think it is a pachyphytum or a graptopetalum, or a cross of the two. Or something else, perhaps! I just know I like it. Pachyphytums are native to Mexico, and I like...

Pachyphytums

by | Jan 24, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool

I am still learning to identify pachyphytums from other succulents, and I am still not sure I am right every time. I bought this one back in the days when I didn’t bother to keep the ID tag, so I had to do a little investigating to come up with a name. I think it is...