Kari's cactus (not scorpion) collection

[kari]

Howdy!
Having just dodged golfball-sized hailstones and tornadoes, I thought I'd send these links along so y'all could see my "garden", which, in reality, is at my in-laws' house around the corner, but I tend the cactus section.

Again, these images are a bit large, so please have patience as they load. If anyone wants to use them on their own ID sites/galleries, they can as long as I get credited with the photo and I get the link to their pages. Daiv, that especially goes for you! You can use them anywhere on Cactiguide.com! (One reason I left them high-res)

Echinocereus pectintaus neomexicanus, New Mexico rainbow cactus, I have two, they are getting ready to bloom!:
http://scorpionguide.com/Epectnemex.jpg
http://scorpionguide.com/Epectneomex.jpg

Echinocereus reichenbachii perbellus, lace cactus, also getting ready to bloom (also known as E. caespitosus)
http://scorpionguide.com/Ereichperb.jpg

Opuntia macrorhiza, or what I guess is now known as O. cymochila:
http://scorpionguide.com/Opuntia1.jpg
http://scorpionguide.com/Opuntia2.jpg

And here is Escobaria vivipara vivipara , pincushion (one of several "common names"), also getting ready to bloom, and ALL of this species blooms at the SAME TIME, within a day or two! It's weird!
http://scorpionguide.com/coryviv.jpg

And an overview of The Garden, which is not how I would do it, but at least it's something!
http://scorpionguide.com/thegarden.jpg

Here is what it looks like on the south side of Canyon, Texas, looking south. The field to the left middle, near the fence back there, is where the "Another game" photos were taken:
http://scorpionguide.com/canyonhabitat.jpg

An Escobaria vivipara vivipara in situ in that field (it is one of the Another game cacti):
http://scorpionguide.com/foundcorydetail.jpg

And, one more, Cylindropuntia imbricata imbricata, cane cholla, in situ, near a playa along Interstate 27 between Canyon and Amarillo, Texas:
http://scorpionguide.com/neomexblooms.JPG
(for some reason, I put the wrong name on the tag a while back when they were blooming, ?June 2004)

Enjoy!
kari
PS: Bill, Opuntia macrocentra is my all-time favorite prickly pear!

[ihc6480]

Nice pics, ya need some more cacti in that there garden pardner

Oh, I got the second one wrong in "another game" Once I zoomed the pic to find it the pic kinda broke up making it hard to ID. Oh well, I don't know anything anyway

Bill

[daiv]

Kari,
Looking good -thanks for sharing. Good idea showing the area photo. Man is it flat around there! Looks like North Dakota! That used to be the norm for me, but now that I'm in California, going back to the midwest always strikes me as quite flat. -Good thing I am not agoraphobic! You'll have to share the flowers too.

Daiv

[cactusbutt]

Nice pics Kari,
Looks like you have some space to fill
Wish i had that much room and the climate
But hey I love the rain here.
Have a good one

Bob

[kari]

Thanks y'all!
As for the "room to fill", the garden is a recent development so, yes, lossa room to be a-fillin'.

I generally collect what I use, and as for those against over-collecting (like me, actually), I have certain criteria for collecting:

1) It must be legal: Texas and New Mexico thus far have no laws prohibiting the collection of cacti, with the exception, of course, of endangered and threatened or otherwise protected species; also, no collecting in state parks or national park lands. Arizona is extremely strict on cactus collecting, even taking cacti from, say, New Mexico through Arizona to California...one can get busted and the plants confiscated;

2) It must be common in the locality, i.e., there must be at least 5 other plants easily visible (well, except when in deep grass like around here) within a 50 yard radius;

3) It must be easy to care for (inside) or at least do well in my climate. Most Chihuahuan Desert species fit that bill because the CD has fairly harsh winters;

4) It's gotta be really cool


So, that's why it is taking me so long to fill the garden. I would also like to add some nice agave, but not lechuguilla, the obiquitous Chihuahuan Desert ankle-grabber we often call "lechu-getcha"! I like lechuguilla, but this ain;t a good idea for kids about.

OK, gotta split.

kari