Prickly Plantings

These cacti were in a greenhouse at the “The Living Desert Zoo in Palm Desert California. This impressive zoo works its exhibits into the mountains.  The giraffes were particularly interesting to me as there was a deep ditch that circled around near a raised stage for viewers.  You can see the giraffe walking behind the ditch like a line in a painting with only their necks showing above it, and the whole giraffe in front.  The giraffe might not like these Turk’s Cap cactus also known as Mother-In-Laws Pincushion or Barrel Cactus.