A Cactus Garden in the Spring

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FORT WORTH BOTANICAL GARDEN TARRANT COUNTY TEXAS 4/15/2017

After making a trip into town to see the new camera shop and talk with experts about a good camera for my needs we stopped at the botanical garden. The cactus garden always calls out for more exploration. Here are a few of the photographs.

FORT WORTH BOTANICAL GARDEN TARRANT COUNTY TEXAS 4/15/2017

FORT WORTH BOTANICAL GARDEN TARRANT COUNTY TEXAS 4/15/2017

I could not find a label for this beauty. It might be a flowering agave. My observation on the sheer length and shape, a dinosaur vertebrae?  These are such awesome plants especially when they flower.

FORT WORTH BOTANICAL GARDEN TARRANT COUNTY TEXAS 4/15/2017

The new pads were emerging on the spineless prickly pear cactus.

FORT WORTH BOTANICAL GARDEN TARRANT COUNTY TEXAS 4/15/2017

FORT WORTH BOTANICAL GARDEN TARRANT COUNTY TEXAS 4/15/2017

Texas rainbow cactus, spiny hedgehog cactus, Echinocereus dasyacanthus

FORT WORTH BOTANICAL GARDEN TARRANT COUNTY TEXAS 4/15/2017

FORT WORTH BOTANICAL GARDEN TARRANT COUNTY TEXAS 4/15/2017

FORT WORTH BOTANICAL GARDEN TARRANT COUNTY TEXAS 4/15/2017

CACTACEAE FAMILY

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