This cactus, now in The Damsel’s Rock and Cactus Garden in Wickenburg, was originally procured from a garden shop in Torrance, our original abode prior to Arizona. We can’t recall the place where we purchased it, but it was likely at a Lowe’s or Home Depot garden shop.
Although the photo on the left has no flowers, many have come and gone and some can be seen here. It has been a prolific flower-bearer during its tenure with us.
Having developed our Arizona property, we have many cacti, some of which are natural to the area and were here (or their ancestors were) when we arrived. Our parcel is home to lots of native vegetation and some imported as well.
The only photo I could find of the cactus we bought in 2006 is one we took at night in June of 2008 when the cactus was still in a pot and had a couple of flower buds ready to open.
We loaded this cactus and several others including a golden barrel cactus aboard the trailer we used to transport yard stuff to the new house.
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