A few weeks ago, I was down in DC, and went to the U.S. Botantical Garden. The USBG has some pretty cool catci, although one problem is that a lot of the name plates are very small, so I couldn’t make out what some of the plants are (for obvious reasons, one doesn’t lean precariously over catci). Also, some of these aren’t cacti, but simply desert-adapted plants. Anyway…

Meet Old Man Cactus:

Dry skin? Here’s some aloe for you:

Stick this in your organ pipe and smoke it:

Consider this a parody–or a Parodia:

The desert rose of…Washington?:

Madagascar has funny looking ‘palms’ (this is the ‘Madagascar Palm’–actually part of the dogbane family):

I’ve always liked Haworthia ever since I lived in Long Island. No, it’s not native there, but Planting Fields Arboretum had a greenhouse with an amazing diversity of Haworthia. Here’s some for ya:

Here’s a cute lil’ one:

Bolivia represent:

Over a barrel (the red one on the bottom is the California Barrel Cactus):

Mammilaria, also known as ‘nipple cactus’:

More Mammilaria:

But wait! There’s more:

Golden Barrel Cactus:

And a close up:

Moss Cypress is a weird little plant–kinda chunky:

Finally, an agave–Parry’s Agave. Probably wouldn’t want to make tequila from it though (that’s a different species, Agave tequila):