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Cactus Wrangling in Lakewood, CO – Stealing Cactus Plants is a Thing!

June 30, 2023

White Sands Claret Cup cactus plant stolen from Kendrick Lake Gardens.

As a flower photographer, photographing blooming cactus plants is by far my favorite! With such a short bloom cycle, it’s an eagerly anticipated event. Over the last several years I’ve spent hours bonding with my favorite cactus plants at Kendrick Lake Xeriscape Gardens. Most of these are unique varieties of hedgehog, barrel cactus. With their […]

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Magenta Pink Cholla Cactus Flowers and Pointy Buds

August 5, 2022

Side view close up of magenta cholla cactus flower

The anticipation of the Cholla Cactus blooms are something I’ve come to look forward to since I started this photography journey. With my introduction to them many moons ago hiking in the foothills of Albuquerque NM, they still amaze me. If you’ve never seen them before, they have bizarre looking, long spiny branches that give

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Prickly Pear Cactus with Their Colorful Blooms

August 3, 2022

Two yellow prickly pear cactus flower blooms

With their distinctive broad, green paddles, Prickly Pear cactus plants are iconic fixtures in the desert southwest summer landscape. They take up residence in mighty dry conditions and thrive. Appearing rather dormant for most of the year, come late May you can see the plants budding. Given room to roam, these cactus plants can spread

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Barrel Cactus Blooms with their Waxy Red Flowers

June 13, 2022

Vibrant red claret cup cactus blooms with yellow wildflowers in background.

If you enjoy photographing or just observing flowering cactus plants, then barrel cactus blooms -are for you!! Also known as Claret Cups, I for one look forward to this time of year as it is so fleeting. With their scarlet red, waxy flowers and long white spines, they are hard to miss! These plants come

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When the Cactus Plants You Look Forward to Photographing Suddenly Go Missing

May 26, 2022

Stolen cactus plant from Kendrick Lake Gardens

Cactus plants take time to mature. And the right conditions usually need to prevail in order for them to actually bloom. This patient anticipation can be incredibly rewarding for photographers AND those who enjoy marveling in their beauty. So when the cactus plants you look forward to photographing suddenly go missing, it’s heartbreaking. Stealing catalytic

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Cholla Cactus Flowers with Their Spiky Branches

August 4, 2021

My Initial Introduction to Cholla Cactus Having lived in Albuquerque a while back, I was introduced to these vibrant, magenta Cholla Cactus flowers. This introduction was purely by accident while hiking the trails of Elena Gallegos Park and surrounding Open Space. It was a favorite outdoor haunt while living in ABQ. It was a large patch

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