Apr 05

Cactus & butterfly

Posted: under photography, Plantlife, Wildlife.
Tags: , ,  April 5th, 2009

Though our prickly pear cactus has been hit by a disease or parasite, as well as the drought, a beautiful lace cactus, Echinocereus reichenbachii, that a rancher lady gave me off her place is thriving.  They used to be common on the gravelly-rocky hills around here, but they’re salable and have been pirated off some slopes where I used to see them every spring.

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