Pindo Palm

Flowers burst forth like fireworks from the Pindo Palm, Butia capitata.

Mammillaria sphaerica

Echinopsis melanopotamica

Echinopsis melanopotamica

Echinopsis melanopotamica



Echinopsis melanopotamica aka as Echinopsis leucantha

Echinopsis melanopotamica aka as Echinopsis leucantha - A cactus from Southern Argentina lived happily in my cactus garden for several years but following a cold spell of 16 F degrees quickly folded, maybe not from the freeze directly but it seems often times cactus become vulnerable to other pathogens once the cold has challenged their hardiness. 

Echinopsis melanopotamica aka as Echinopsis leucantha



Echinopsis melanopotamica aka as Echinopsis leucantha



Myriopteris lindheimeri or Cheilanthes lindheimeri depending on which school of botany you belong to.  Better know simply as Lindheimer's Fairy-Sword grows in dry rocky conditions in places where few people would expect to find a fern.