Random Rants and Prickly Plants

Opuntia microdasys, and the varieties of the species, are common houseplants, often encountered in dish gardens or in small pots at big bo...

Once upon a time, almost every cactus you see was called a Cereus.  This is generally how plant classification works... It starts very si...

  And here's the cutting of the Bad Hair Day cactus. ( Epiphyllum phyllanthis v. guatamalense f. monstrose ) Actually, I was given two...

  I have decided to do plant profiles.  I like them.  I like reading other peoples plant profiles.  I also like having info readily availa...

  Or to be more specific... Epiphyllum phyllanthus v. guatamalense f. monstose.  Yeah... now try to imagine someone with a very thick sout...

Don't get all excited... I don't have a new camera yet... can't justify the expense because of other stuff going on in my life. ...

First... we got rain! Not much, but enough to wet everything down... Next... we got dead birds! Phennig was very proud of himself this mor...

And this morning we have blooms from a wonderful Chamaelobvia "Rose Quartz", one of the hybrids of Peanut Cactus... I'm not ev...

well, I woke up at 5 am out of habit, and I don't have to be anywhere until 9:30 so I was goofing off with the plants... as much as you ...

First, just so I won't be accused of Prickly Pear abuse, I would like to point out that the neglected Optunia humifusa from the previous...

Most of us have one of THOSE spots in the yard. It's that spot between the fence and the shed, or behind the garage. That place where ...

So I started today by taking my morning cup of coffee out to my lathe house, where I was poking around the plants in the cool of the morning...

Well, ever since last Monday, I haven't really seen anything worth taking a pic of in my wandering around... but I wanted to make a post...

I spent all weekend planting my back alley... The problem was this. There's about a 3 feet wide strip beside my carport that had to be m...

Well, true to my blog name... When I post, I usually have a rant, or I have a plant. Rarely will it be both in the same post. Today it is......

And it will be all day tomorrow too... way too much rain. I know that some of my potatoes have already rotted in the ground... this is Texas...