Bingo! It is definitely Penstemon. I had hit a dead end with this one, so I am grateful for everyone's help. Who knows; maybe someday I can answer a question or two. Cheers, Doug

I grow Schick hybrids, most are not as tall as that one, and darker green, though the spines and ribs seem the same, and the Schick hybrids do have all of the species in them that is mentioned above, including Rebutia. Well not quiet all of them. And they can be figured out by the flower, if you have the flower chart in color to do so. Keep your labels make duplicate copies of them, and put one in the bottom of the pot. Not all of them look alike, some hardly have any spines, and others have long ones, Bob Schick used to tell them apart by looking at them. Sorry for such a long post, Echinopsis are grown just like any other cactus and need the same care, for flowering give them a low 0-20-10 fertilizer approx. The middle number must be higher, the first number very low. No water in the Winter, they must have the chill and dormant periods to flower. They are extremely hardy, will flower 6 mo. at least of the year from the end of April to the end of Sept. depending on you climate, light where you grow them, feeding. May open 4 nights depending on light. Norma

Randi, I left a message on your facebook page. You iris is some sort of a tall bearded historic iris, but I cannot ID it. You may want to check out the HIPS website to see if any of their photos match yours, but I would post the photo on the Historic Iris Preservation site on Facebook to see if someone can ID it there. Renee

Hmmm, my first guess would be cinquefoil. Some cinquefoils are weeds and should be removed. Not sure if it is what you have but it is the only thing I can think of. The first link, copy and paste into your browser, is a google image search for "cinquefoil weed colorado". The clickable link is a google image search for "cinquefoil". If it looks like it could be a cinquefoil, do your own research before deciding if it can stay of if it needs to be removed!! http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=hW3&q=cinquefoil%20weed%20colorado&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi Good luck IDing this! Here is a link that might be useful: cinquefoil