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The Fantastic Clan

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MEXICAN NIGHT BLOOMING CEREUS; REINA DE NOCHE; SERPENT CACTUS (Cereus serpentinus) Frontispiece

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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) 105

LONG SPINED PRICKLY PEAR (Opuntia macrocentra) 105

GIANT CACTUS OR SAHUARO (Cereus giganteus) ” 124

MEXICAN NIGHT BLOOMING CEREUS; SERPENT CACTUS; REINA DE NOCHE (Cereus serpentinus) ” 125

DESERT CHRISTMAS CACTUS; TASAJILLO (Opuntia leptocaulis) 128

PROLIFIC TREE CHOLLA (Opuntia arbuscula) 128

MANY COLORED TREE CHOLLA (Opuntia versicolor) 131

POPULAR CHOLLA (Opuntia tetracantha) 131

THORNBER’S CHOLLA (Opuntia Thornberi) 135

MANY COLORED TREE CHOLLA (Opuntia versicolor) 135

JUMPING CHOLLA (Opuntia fulgida) ” 136

CURSED CHOLLA; DEVIL CACTUS (Opuntia Stanlyi) ” 137

BUCKHORN CHOLLA (Opuntia acanthocarpa) ” 137

CURSED CHOLLA; DEVIL CHOLLA (Opuntia Stanlyi) 138

JUMPING CHOLLA (Opuntia fulgida) 138

SPINY TREE CHOLLA (Opuntia spinosior) ” 140

CANDY BARREL CACTUS; FISHHOOK CACTUS (Echinocactus Wislizeni) ” 160

PINK FLOWERED VISNAGITA (Echinocactus Johnsonii) ” 160

MEXICAN FRUIT CACTUS (Echinocactus hamatacanthus) ” 161

GIANT VISNAGA; GIANT BARREL CACTUS (Echinocactus Visnaga) ” 161

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