My holiday cacti and succulents.(1)

I know it’s been a while since our vacation in Arizona and I have several posts here about our vacation but I wanted to make a special of the cacti  and the succulents I saw over there. I loved seeing them in their own habitat !

OPUNTIA-ON- THE- ROCKS

THE WORLD FAMOUS SAGUARO, IF YOU KNOW THEY GROW ONLY A FEW INCHES EACH YEAR CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW OLD THIS ONE IS ? THE FIRST ARM GROWS WHEN HE IS 100 YEARS OLD !!!!

AGAVE

OPUNTIA SANTA RITA

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AGAVE

AGAVE TEETH

EUPHORBIA

 

 

ON THE LOOK OUT

THIS HAIRY CACTUS IS CALLED  : OLD MAN OF THE ANDES

THIS IS THE FAMOUS MOTHER-IN-LAW’S CHAIR

I think I’ll have to do more than one blogpage about this cos I still have so many to show.

Have a great week all !

 

 

 

 

 

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

SONORA DESSERT MUSEUM ARIZONA part 2

As promised, more pictures of the  Sonoran Dessert Museum.

PRETTY WILD FLOWERS GROWING ALONGSIDE THE CACTI

FRESH NEW SPRING LEAFS

AGAVE

OPUNTIA SANTA RITA

 

 

HUMMINGBIRDS ARE LURED WITH SWEET STUFF, THEY WERE KEPT IN AN AVIARY WHERE YOU COULD WALK INSIDE TO SEE THEM UP CLOSE

ASCLEPIAS FLOWER

 

 

 

I LOVED THAT PERFECT BLUE SKY !!!!!

ADENIUM FLOWERS, A SUCCULENT

ALOE

ALOE FLOWERS

FERNS

AGAVE

We loved our visit to the Sonoran Dessert garden, it was hot though even in March !

Thanks for your visit .

 

 

 

 

WALNUT CANYON ARIZONA

On our way to Phoenix we visited Walnut Canyon, a beautiful piece of nature. You could see where people lived in the old days, they just had a hole in a mountain, that must have been really uncomfortable !

NATURE WAS VERY ROUGH AND PURE THERE, UNFORTUNATELY WE COULD NOT DO THE HIKING BIT COS OF MY TERRIBLE FEET SO WE WALKED ARROUND THERE AND DISCOVERED  SOME BEAUTIFUL GEMS.

LIKE THIS BIRD

AND THESE CACTI HIDDEN UNDER A TREE

AGAVES

OPUNTIAS

AND ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL BIRD

LOTS OF DEAD TREES USED BY BIRDS AND OTHER ANIMALS AS YOU CAN SEE

ANIMAL DROPPINGS..

Have a great week all !!

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY