Its Getting to the Point
by Joe Schofield
Title
Its Getting to the Point
Artist
Joe Schofield
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Photograph - Photography
Description
This guy sits in an 18” diameter terra cotta pot in my patio, taking up all of it. The barbs say, “go ahead, move me”. I don’t.
“... It's getting to the point where I'm no fun anymore
I am sorry
Sometimes it hurts so badly I must cry out loud
I am lonely
I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are...”
The Barrel cacti grow into a squat tubular shape, giving it the appearance of a very spiky ribbed barrel. The genus name Ferocactus is Latin for “fierce cactus,” an apt description that will be affirmed by any who have seen the densely packed, stiff spines covering the fleshy-looking plant. The Spanish name for this plant is viznaga, a common term for fat, cylindrical cacti, which can also include Mammillaria, Escobaria, and other genera. As one would expect of such an iconic emblem of the desert southwest, these plants grow mainly in the desert, in sandy or rocky soils with little water and lots of sun.
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April 13th, 2021
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Steve Henderson
We have some cactus in our solarium that we're cautious about touching, but nothing to compare to this. My hands tingle even as the move closer to the screen, all set to pull away and say ouch. A prickly personality indeed.
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