Cactus Garden

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I purchased this photograph at the Rose City Collectors Show this last weekend. Love the collection of plants in this person's yard. Quite a nice group of cactus and succulents. There is a nice size Ferocactus on the right side of the photograph. Talk about a drought tolerant yard. Found it to be interesting to share.

Mammillaria spinosissima

RED-HEADED IRISHMAN

One of first cactus before Death Valley Shack was built. Actually there are twin plants in the pot, but this is the one blooming. Nice pink blooms against the reddish-copper needles. The flowers are fashioned as a ring around the apex of the plant. The Mammillaria spinosissina comes from the Guerrero area of Mexico. Easy to grow and self fertile so it produces its own seeds. Cylindrical plants up to 8 to 12 inches in height and about 4 inches wide.

Bloomin' again

NOTOCACTUS HASELBERGII

This is the same little Scarlett Ball cactus blooming again that I posted about in December. The dried flower in the picture is from the December blooming. This is the cactus that has the seeds on it and I'm going to see if I can get them to sprout.