{"id":6297,"date":"2014-08-31T14:27:43","date_gmt":"2014-08-31T21:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2014\/08\/31\/devils-tongue-cactus-flowers-2\/"},"modified":"2014-08-31T14:27:43","modified_gmt":"2014-08-31T21:27:43","slug":"devils-tongue-cactus-flowers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2014\/08\/31\/devils-tongue-cactus-flowers-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Devil&#8217;s Tongue Cactus Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='http:\/\/capnbob.us\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/devils-tongue-flowers.jpg' title='Devil\u2019s Tongue Flowers'><img src='http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/devils-tongue-flowers.jpg' alt='Devil\u2019s Tongue Flowers' width='550' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As Second Spring approaches the desert, my Devil&#8217;s Tongue Barrel Cactus (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycactusplants.com\/ferocactus-latispinus.php\">Ferocactus latispinus<\/a>) is flowering again. This is the barrel cactus that started out in my California cactus garden and was transplanted to Arizona a little over three years ago. Judging from the number of flower buds, I&#8217;d say the cactus likes it here in Wickenburg. Click on the image to enlarge.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/home.howstuffworks.com\/ferocactus.htm\">How Stuff Works<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ferocactus latispinus (devil&#8217;s tongue cactus) gets its name from its long, broad, red-colored spines. Another with a flattened, red, central spine is Ferocactus recurvus (devil&#8217;s pincushion). These cacti are easy to grow and can get quite large eventually. They like bright light, heavy soil with excellent drainage, house temperatures and good air circulation.<\/p>\n<p>In Mexico, the skin and spines are peeled off and the flesh is diced to be eaten raw or candied. They also provide an emergency source of water in the desert &#8212; you slice off the top of the plant, stir the pulp with a stick and drink the sap.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Second Spring approaches the desert, my Devil&#8217;s Tongue Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus latispinus) is flowering again. This is the barrel cactus that started out in my&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,72,49,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arizona","category-flowers","category-home-garden","category-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6297\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}