size comparison shot for the BIG cactus, me in the picture with it.

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I found this Asiatic Lily at a wholesale nursery yesterday.
It was so unique I just had to have one.

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Ron

Ain't nature grand! Interesting lily, Ron.

One can never have too many foxglove (I hope):

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Once a year, in January, the gal who started our book club 12 years ago throws a big anniversary party for the ten women in the group. We always has an incredibly fun time with games and stories and wine and food, lots of food. Here is a photo of the table before we sat down to eat. I think I'll dedicate the rest of this week to photos of this party.

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Jodi-

Here's one of my cactus plants in bloom.

Moni,do you know what kind of cactus that is?
Kathi

Lovely table, Jodi. What was written on the sheets of paper? We are having our book club dinner this evening but nothing quite so fancy, for sure!

Great pictures, everyone!

Barbara, it was the menu, pretty much all written in Italian as the book that month was Italian (though I can't remember the title of the book).

There was a ton of food, all listed out on the menu.

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Jodi-

Felicite_et_Perpetue & Aimee_Vibert.
Clare

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A wildflower at the Pali overlook, Oahu.

Kathi,
I think your cactus is of the genus Echinopsis. Maybe E. eyriesii. It is sometimes called and Easter Lily Cactus. They are typically night blooming being pollinated by moths.

Ron

I think Moni's cactus is either Staghorn,Buckhorn or Lady Finger Cholli.

Thanks Ron,i knew they were some kind of echinopsis,but wasn't sure which.I also have them in yellow and pink.Mine are in bloom during the day,but the blooms don't last much more than 2 days.

I got these and other cacti and plants several years ago when the old man across the street died,his daughter told me to go take what ever plants and gardening containers, gardenjunk and anything i wanted out of the yard.Wasn't that nice of her??
Kathi

Moni's cactus is a cholla; pronounced choya. Opuntia imbricata. It's the same genus as all the prickly pear cacti.

Ron, former cacti collector