by Alice Liles | Dec 19, 2024 | Cactus Are Cool
You may have read the previous post about my trip up Guadalupe Peak, “Guadalupe Peak; the Highest Mountain in Texas,” December 15, 2024. My fellow trekkers and I stayed at the Whites City Inn which is conveniently located on the way to Guadalupe Mountains...
by Alice Liles | Dec 15, 2024 | Cactus Are Cool
I climbed the highest mountain in Africa in 2007, so I thought it only fitting that I climb the highest mountain in Texas, too. Just like with Mount Kilimanjaro, no one wanted to climb Guadalupe Peak with me, either. I kept putting it off, thinking I would find...
by Alice Liles | Nov 22, 2024 | Cactus Are Cool
I have had this Aloinopsis aliodes long enough that it dates back to when I was negligent of keeping good records and dates. So I don’t know how old it really is, but if it goes back far enough that I didn’t write down the date of purchase, well, it must...
by Alice Liles | Nov 7, 2024 | Cactus Are Cool
My newest ariocarpus is Ariocarpus fissuratus Godzilla,a new variety most likely from Japan. The Japanese are real fans of ariocarpus and adeniums and have done some amazing things developing new varieties of both. Godzilla is a very green plant with nubby skin on its...
by Alice Liles | Oct 27, 2024 | Cactus Are Cool
I had been watching my Ariocarpus bravoanus for several days anxiously waiting for it to bloom. Then on Tuesday (October 22), there it was! You can see some of the plant in this picture. The next day the Ariocarpus agavoides next to the bravoanus also opened. You have...
by Alice Liles | Oct 13, 2024 | Cactus Are Cool
I traveled to Fort Worth last weekend for the annual Texas Association of Cactus and Succulent Societies (TACSS) fall seminar and wound up also enjoying the Fort Worth Botanical Garden, the private garden of Ross and Karen Floyd, and had a glimpse of how the big boys...
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