Cactus garden

You can see five types of cactus in this picture. The squat group in the lower left are hedgehogs. These don't look like much in early December after months without rain, but in spring after a wet winter, this cactus produces a large, gaudy magenta flower that is spectacular. It's almost as large as the cactus itself. The tall ones are saguaros. The fatter one in the lower right is a barrel cactus. You can see some teddy bear chollas in the background, looking somewhat fluorescent. The skinnier, less fuzzy looking cacti near the center of the picture are buckhorn cholla, which produce fine flowers in the spring that may be red, yellow, or magenta. At some point, after a wet winter, I will go back to the Arizona desert when it's blooming and then you'll see some gorgeous pix!