Opuntia Santa Rita in bloom, June 2020 
Opuntia Santa Rita in bloom, June 2020
Regardless of the COVID-19 pandemic, wildfires, and terrible air quality, my cactus garden has been happy this year. Several species which usually only flower once a year have bloomed again. The local honeybees are delighted to roll around in the pollen of huge flowers. There was enough prickly pear cactus fruit that my daughter Jessica made syrup from it, and John made pancakes to celebrate!
Prickly pear cactus, June bloom 
Prickly pear cactus, Oct fruit
Prickly pear cactus, Oct fruit 
Euphorbia mammillaris, Corn Cob Cactus, Oct 2020
Making cactus fruit syrup 1 
Making cactus fruit syrup 2 
Making cactus fruit syrup 3
Cactus fruit syrup 
Pancake breakfast with cactus fruit syrup
Peruvian cactus, Sep 2020 fruit 
Peruvian cactus night bloom, Oct 2020
Peruvian cactus bloom with bees, Oct 2020 
Peruvian cactus bloom with bees, Oct 2020
Balloon barrel cactus in bloom, Aug 2020 
WP668 caboose with cactus, Oct 2020
Night blooming cereus cactus, Oct 2020 
Crassula perforata succulent, Oct 2020
More on the WP668 railroad caboose.
Updated 21 Oct 2020.
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