A Cactus Tour of the L&A B&B property

I want to start out by inviting you to just look at the cactus pictures.

They are pretty cool and from L&A's yard with just 1 exception.

The rest may be TMI for you.

Enjoy!  Pictures...print...both.

A couple of days ago, your Dad and I made our trek down the street to Cactus Joe's.

We love the place...it is a little different, but mostly the same each time we go.

Think the Boyerts of cactus.

 My main reason for going, lol, was to see how much the cactus in the yard might be worth...lol.

Suffice it to say that L&A could sell off their yard cactus and retire...almost anyway.

The smallest size I saw was a quart container, the lowest price was $30.00

Adam thinks that this lovely specimen is probably a Home Depot sub-species of the Pricklypear.

Think 4 - 6 pads per quart.  It is a happy dude, for sure!

Also a Pricklypear variety, this lovely gem is gigantic!  

The large pads are bigger than my hand with my finger spread out...it is really lovely.

It looks like the blooms will be yellow

This beauty is the indigenous Beavertail cactus.  They are just now coming into bloom and the pads are loaded with buds.  These are one of the first cactus to bloom in Red Rocks and

it appears that they are going to put on quite a display this year.

Supposedly the pads and the fruit are edible.

I have a teeny tiny specimen of this Branched Pencil Cholla on the plant porch at home.

I collected it the last time we were here in spring of 2015.  I think it has 1 "pencil & 2 branches" and has grown about 1/4 inch in 2 years.  (At least it is alive)  This is the largest clump of 5 that are in the same area.  They are also loaded with buds.  I would estimate 20 qt pots of this one in the yard.

This is the specimen plant at Cactus Joe's!

 I didn't even realize what it was until your Dad pointed it out.

I think this is the Strawberry Hedgehog.  

It will have large fuchsia colored blooms, similar to above, followed by an edible, sweet fruit.  

Maybe 3 stems /qt.

I only found 1 of these Cottontops.  

Pretty sure it would not fit in a qt container, but I can't think how you would transplant it anyway!

And this beautiful California Barrel cactus is easily 2x the size of the Cottontop.

(thought my foot might provide some size reference...but not so much :/)

These species of cactus are all in the field across the street. 

This is an easy place to take Oscar to run and also

a beautiful and easy hike for Oscar's people.

The "breakfast nook" at the L&A B&B

Love, Mom