Short-lived Flowers It’s been four days since the first blooms opened on the night blooming cereus in my yard. Flowers on Night Blooming Cereus Dying Flowers When doing the previous post on the night blooming cereus, I pointed out that, contrary to many sources, the flowers on my cactus did not die after opening. Instead, […]
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Night Blooming Cereus Update
May 13th, 2013 3 Comments
Tags: cactus · cactus fruit · Night-blooming Cereus
Night Blooming Cereus
May 10th, 2013 14 Comments
Gift from a Stranger Many years ago, Ken came home from a bike ride with a hunk of cactus strapped to his bike. Mother Plant Ken rides at night in the summer, because it is cooler. During one of his night rides, he noticed a huge cactus covered with 6-inch wide, fragrant, white flowers. Another […]
Tags: cactus · Night-blooming Cereus · Sphinx Moth · Tomato Hornworm
NOT Crawling Through the Desert Looking for Water
December 20th, 2012 8 Comments
Westerns Growing up in the ’50s and ’60s , Westerns were television staples… Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Rawhide, The Lone Ranger, Rin Tin Tin, and many more that I have forgotten. There were too many western movies for me to begin to count… Broken Arrow, The Gunfighter, High Noon, etc. Invariably, the cowboy hero gets lost or […]
Tags: cactus · cactus flowers · cactus fruit · Westerns
