Rolling Around In Beaucarnea Flowers


Parodia leninghausii, Lemon Ball Cactus.

On this visit, most everything in bloom at the Huntington Desert Garden seemed to be yellow.  
Opuntia microdasys
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Alluaudia flowers.  I've never seen them close up before.  Usually the ones in bloom are 20' tall.  
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This Agave wasn't in bloom, but don't the yellow-edged swoops of  foliage make you ooh and ahh? 
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Pseudobombax ellipticum has pleated green ribbons of tissue on its swollen trunk.
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The flowers are almost yellow--maybe they're ivory.  
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Commonly known as "the shaving-brush tree".  Surely it will need a new common name in coming decades.  By then, who will know what a shaving brush is?
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Euphorbia resinifera
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The San Marcos website says the name Euphorbia 
"was noted by Pliny the Elder as being a reference to Euphorbus, the physician of King Juba II of Numidia."
E. resinifera is from the slopes of the Atlas mountains in Morocco.
I did always wonder where the name Euphorbia originated.  
Cyphostemna juttae.  This fine specimen is over six feet tall (2 m).  
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Follow the paths...
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...as they turn through the monsterous and monstrose bubbles of green...
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Wha?!?
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Whoa!  What is that all over the ground?!?  Did a vegan spill his couscous?
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Are those bees...rolling in pollen and flowers?!?  Yes they are.
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What flowers?
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Big yellow flowers.
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Reaching for sky, beckoning bees. 
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Beaucarnea flowers, making everyone smile.  
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Comments

  1. Amazing! How large are those Beaucarnea blooms? I can't get a sense of scale.

    I wish Opuntia microdasys was cold-hardy, as I really love the look. Sigh.

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  2. I think I need to pay the Huntington's cactus and succulent garden a visit - it's looking great in your photos! The blanket created by those beaucarnea flowers is amazing - it's probably the bee's vision of heaven.

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    1. There's always something to see. The big winter Aloe bloom is probably the highlight, but there's something blooming year round. Either bee heaven, or best bee brunch ever.

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  3. The Huntington always makes me swoon.

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  4. Some amazing and beautiful plants dear Hoover, I love the touches of yellow throughout the garden and always enjoy the interesting information you share with us,
    Those bees look like they are in pollen heaven.
    xoxoxo ♡

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