Blooms of the day

[cactuswatcher]

Most barrel cacti are ball shaped and have yellow flowers. This one is a little different.


Echinocactus texensis

The flowers don't last very long. I'm glad to have caught them this year.

Comments

[cactuswatcher.livejournal.com]

Good etymology! Barrel cacti used to all be classified echinocactus. But they've decided most were a little different from the original ones described, so they became Ferocacti, ferocious-thistles literally.

Hard cider is good! I hope David enjoyed his day.