6 year old barrel cactus. From seed.
Patience matters.
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Mexican gold poppies and saguaros - Arizona
source: Michael Wilson
Arizona by blue5011b
A group of very tall Saguaros (Carnegiea gigantea) near Sabino Canyon, Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona.
Spring at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix,AZ. 💚
Tumamoc Hill, Tucson
Nopales//Durango
Anonymous:
Any funky little bat facts, anything is good
bunjywunjy: 
mexican long-nosed bats are key pollinators for several species of cactus!
“how do they get the nectar out of the flower, though?” you ask. “maybe with a long tongue, like a butterfly?”
well, that’s plausible, but INCORRECT.
see, the cactus flowers are actually larger than the bat itself!
so it just kinda. crawls in there.
and in the process gets just SO covered with pollen. absolutely lost in the sauce.
which of course, they smear all over the flowers of the next cactus over when they repeat the process. isn’t biology beautiful?
My cactus seedlings are about 8 months old now. Just repotted them in tiny pots.
@fannibalgrowingcircle Look how tiny!!