Showing posts with label Escobaria runyonii. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Escobaria runyonii. Show all posts

Thursday, April 4

Blurry Elf in early Spring

Callophrys henrici

I wish I had done a better job with the focus but I believe this to be Henry's Elfin butterfly (Callophrys henrici).

Thelocactus macdowellii
Thelocactus macdowellii
Thelocactus macdowellii
Thelocactus macdowellii
Escobaria runyonii
Escobaria runyonii 

Friday, March 30

Stenocactus

Stenocactus multicostatus 'Zacatecasensis'
Stenocactus multicostatus 'Zacatecasensis'

Tom Thumb Cactus
Escobaria runyonii

Echinocereus viridiflorus var. corelli
Echinocereus viridiflorus var. corelli
Stenocactus multicostatus 'Zacatecasensis'
Stenocactus multicostatus 'Zacatecasensis'

Escobaria runyonii
Escobaria runyonii



My wife likes eating pomegranates therefore our yard always has a few volunteers, like this one, coming up in a flowerbed some place.  Extremely tough plants that can take heat, cold and drought.