CONTENTS
Frances Bonker
PAGE
PREFACE
vii
FOREWORD
ix
I
A DESERT FASHION SHOW
1
(
Cereus
)
II
CACTUS SPINES AND PECULIARITIES
27
III
THE BABY CACTUS
32
(
Pincushion
)
IV
THE PARADE OF THE DESERT FLOWERS
62
(
Hedgehog or Strawberry
)
V
THE PAINTED CANVAS OF THE DESERT
88
(
Prickly Pears
)
VI
MINIATURE FORTRESSES ON THE DESERT
119
(
Cholla
)
VII
A DESERT GRAVEYARD
153
(
Barrel or Bisnaga
)
VIII
CONCLUSION
185
GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY
187
INDEX
191
ILLUSTRATIONS
MEXICAN NIGHT BLOOMING CEREUS; REINA DE NOCHE; SERPENT CACTUS (
Cereus serpentinus
)
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SENITA, ZINA, OR SINA (
Cereus Schottii
)
4
NIGHT BLOOMING CEREUS; GODDESS OF THE NIGHT; LA REINA DE NOCHE; THE QUEEN OF NIGHT (
Cereus Greggii
)
Facing
8
SAHUARO OR GIANT CACTUS (
Cereus giganteus
); AND PALO VERDE
” 9
SHORT SPINED STRAWBERRY CACTUS (
Echinocereus BonkerÆ
)
” 28
HORNED TOAD CACTUS (
Mammillaria MainÆ
)
” 40
SLENDER PINCUSHION CACTUS (
Mammillaria fasciculata
)
” 40
SUNSET CACTUS (
Mammillaria Grahamii
)
” 41
BENT SPINE PINCUSHION (
Coryphantha recurvata
)
” 41
GOLDEN SPINED STRAWBERRY CACTUS (
Echinocereus chrysocentrus
)
” 66
TURK’S HEAD (
Echinocactus horizonthalonius
)
” 66
TRAVELER’S FRIEND; CANDY CACTUS; TRAVELER’S COMPASS (
Echinocactus Covillei
)
” 66
DESERT STRAWBERRIES; FENDLER’S HEDGEHOG CACTUS (
Echinocereus Fendleri
)
” 67
INDIAN STRAWBERRY CACTUS; ENGELMANN’S HEDGEHOG CACTUS (
Echinocereus Engelmannii
)
” 67
SHORT SPINED STRAWBERRY CACTUS (Echinocereus BonkerÆ)
” 72
SALMON FLOWERED HEDGEHOG CACTUS (
Echinocereus Leeanus
)
” 72
CREAM PINCUSHION CACTUS (
Mammillaria Johnstonii
)
” 73
SHOWY PINCUSHION CACTUS (
Coryphantha aggregata
)
” 73
SNOWBALL PINCUSHION (
Mammillaria OliviÆ
)
” 73
CALIFORNIA PINCUSHION (
Mammillaria tetrancistera
)
” 73
RAINBOW CACTUS (
Echinocereus rigidissimus
)
” 84
PAPAGO FRUIT CACTUS (
Opuntia Blakeana
)
91
DELICATE PRICKLY PEAR (
Opuntia delicata
)
92
WHIPPLE’S CHOLLA (
Opuntia Whipplei
)
93
PURPLE PRICKLY PEAR (
Opuntia santa rita
)
93
SMOOTH PRICKLY PEAR (
Opuntia laevis
)
95
FOOTHILL PRICKLY PEAR (
Opuntia Toumeyi
)
96
DISCUS PRICKLY PEAR (
Opuntia discata
)
98
ENGELMANN’S PRICKLY PEAR (
Opuntia Engelmannii
)
99
BEAVER TAIL (
Opuntia basilaris
)
” 100
FLAPJACK PRICKLY PEAR (
Opuntia chlorotica
)
” 100
PORCUPINE PRICKLY PEAR (
Opuntia hystricina
)
” 101
TEDDY BEAR CACTUS (
Opuntia Bigelovii
)
” 101
GOLDEN PRICKLY PEAR (
Opuntia Covillei
)
102
PORCUPINE PRICKLY PEAR (
Opuntia hystricina
)
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