A Different Ariocarpus

by | 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...

Flowers at Night?

by | 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...

A Fort Worth Weekend

by | 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...

Rainbows, Hailstorms, and Cactus Flowers

by | Sep 22, 2024 | Cactus Are Cool

I left Tuesday, September 17, for Edgewood, New Mexico, to give a cactus talk to the Santa Fe Cactus and Succulent Club. I stayed with Woody and Kathy Minnich at their home in Edgewood. Woody is an expert in the cactus world and grows and sells all kinds of cacti and...

Thelocactus Tulensis v. Longispinus

by | Sep 5, 2024 | Cactus Are Cool

I have had this cactus a long time, from back when I didn’t keep good records. I know I have had it a long time because of its size. It’s not my prettiest cactus, but it keeps growing and blooming, and it’s one that you don’t always see for...

The El Dorado Cactus Rescue Project

by | Aug 17, 2024 | Cactus Are Cool

I toured the El Dorado Cactus Rescue project while in Santa Fe for the Mid States Cactus and Succulent Conference. I found it to be quite a worthwhile and ambitious project, I must say! The rescue project started in 2002 when cactus aficionados John “Obie”...