My previous post had eye candy from the
Old World section of the
Huntington's Desert Garden.
Click here to read it.
For some reason, I took even more photos in the
New World section when I visited the week after Thanksgiving; it must have been the late afternoon light that made cactus spines glow like liquid gold. I'll share 90+ images with you over the next couple of days to make your holidays succulently spiny.
First, let's stop briefly at the
Yucca rostrata sentinels in the entrance garden...
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| I read that this is a Yucca rostrata cultivar called 'Blue Velvet' |
...and then jump right into the heart of the Desert Garden:
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| These cactus have been here for decades |
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| Tree-like Opuntia |
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Large mound of Deuterocohnia lorentziana amidst the Cleistocactus
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| Deuterocohnia lorentziana |
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| Baja fairy duster (Calliandra californica) flowering year round |
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| Caesalpinia cacalaco, the famous cascalote tree from tropical Mexico |
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| Stunning bark on Caesalpinia cacalaco |
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| A spiky wonderland so beautiful it could make a grown man weep |
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| Agave ovatifolia |
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| Mammillaria compressa |
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| Parodia sp. |
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| Hechtia marnier-lapostollei |
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| Agave victoria-reginae |
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| Astrophytum ornatum |
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| Hechtia glauca |
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| Hechtia glauca |
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| Hechtia huamelulaensis, a rare hechtia species from Oaxaca, Mexico described in 2014. Droolworthy! |
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| Variegated Bromelia balansae |
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| White floss-silk tree (Ceiba insignis) |
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| Ceiba insignis |
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| Ceiba insignis |
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| Ceiba insignis |
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| Where the Old World meets the New World |
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| Agave titanota |
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| Entering the yellow-and-blue wonderland of golden barrels (Echinocactus grusonii) and Agave parryi var. truncata |
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| Beaucarnea recurvata |
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| Echinocactus ingens, a golden barrel relative |
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| Fallen agave flower stalk |
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| Unlabeled Hechtia |
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| Agave impressa with wild colors |
Check back tomorrow for more eye candy from the New World section of the Huntington Desert Garden.
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Looking at these photos this morning with my coffee was much more fun than reading the Washington Post !
ReplyDeleteLooking a photos of the Huntington is the perfect antidote to the sh*tstorm raging in our nation's capital.
DeleteThe light was indeed with you! Beautiful photos as always.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kris. It's an inspiring place for sure. Someday I'll make time to explore all the gardens at a leisurely pace.
DeleteI love going to the H. in winter! My fav time to visit the desert garden, which really fattens up if there's been rain.
ReplyDeleteMany aloes already looked fat and happy. I imagine by now the aloe flower show is in full swing.
DeleteLovely! Thank you for sharing these wonderful shots... I think im dragging the family down there after Christmas!
ReplyDeleteThe perfect place to go after Christmas! Has your family been there?
DeleteThank you again for such fantastic photographs. I think you really love these plants, as we do. Someday, a book, perhaps?
ReplyDeleteThank you, Carol. Much appreciated. A book would be a fun project. Give me a few more years of insane running around :-)
DeleteYour photos of these marvelous plants are out-of-this-world! Thank you for posting them all!
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