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| The largest Devil's Head I've ever seen (10" or 11") |
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| Feeble attempt to show size (I wear an 11) |
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| Deep dip in the trail |
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| Becca's favorite Ocotillo |
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| Chinchweed |
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| Near the outer loop road |
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| Desert Marigold |
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| Heading back to Tortugas Mountain |
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Gnat Attack
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Before the Winds Came
Ocotillo blossoms We got a fairly early start this morning, saw the Basset people and their hounds while we descended LDR-A arroyo, saw a hu...
5 comments:
That devil's head cactus could cause a hiker a lot of trouble.
Packrat: For years I had a Golden Barrel cactus (about the size of your Devil's Head) that I extracted from a terrarium (remember those?) when it got too large. It was pretty impressive and I was encouraged to show it at the Philadelphia Flower Show (which I never did). Then, I transplanted it into a larger pot and did something wrong because it soon began to rot and it was done-for. I miss having the cactus, but it was so large that it was hard to manage.
I really liked your image of chinchweed, but (gentle criticism alert) it would have been a really special image if you had managed to make all of the stony background dark. You can disagree with me and I won't be offended.
We had an incredible "plague" of grasshoppers here two weeks ago in our meadows, but they seem to have disappeared almost overnight. I could understand how that could happen if we'd had a frost, but we haven't. Our gnat problems tend to peak in June, so we're not bothered by them in September; however, the mosquitoes are still an irritant.
Scott:
I think what happens when a Barrel Cactus gets too large in a pot is that its shallow root structure doesn't have enough room to expand, and that has a deleterious effect on the entire organism.
Awesome photo of the mountain peaks!
Thank you, Jacqui!
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