Question Mark

Echinocactus horizonthalonius



Echinocereus dasyacanthus (center) and a fruit on the Horse Crippler cactus.



Polygonia interrogationis, Question Mark Butterfly, likes to land in my compost pile.



Echinocactus horizonthalonius,

Eagle Claw Cactus

Eagles Claw Cactus

Echinocactus horizonthalonius



aka Blue Barrel Cactus

A little dish cactus garden.  Later this little arrangement would be attacked by red spider mites, killing half of the inhabitants before I discovered the problem.  The remaining survivors found a new home in the fireplace cactus garden.  Somehow just moving things into a more natural habitat balances conditions enough so that spider mites get added to someone else's menu...ants, spiders, wasps something in nature designed to counter balance a surplus.