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Category Archives: Cactus

Yuccas typically bloom every year with bell-shaped blossoms, run through the photo app Stackables

Yuccas in Bloom, July’s Plant of the Month

July 29, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

The yuccas are in bloom this month in Vancouver. Watercolour painting in my sketchbook of a yucca that has grown tall enough to turn itself into a tree. This was […]

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Cactus, Photo Apps, Plants, Sketches, Watercolour
Ethereal Agave Azul (Blue Agave) in Zihuatanejo, Mexico

Delicate Agaves Azules, Blue Agave

May 25, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 14 Comments

Let’s face it, Agaves are not particularly delicate-looking plants. But despite their solid fleshy forms and often serrated edges, their colours are soft and delicate.Which brings me to this Agave […]

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Abstracts, Cactus, Colour, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Plants
Blue Agave (Agave azul) in Zihuatanejo, Mexico

Favourite Abstract & Plant Photos of 2019

December 31, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

My travel blog has my favourite ‘travel’ photos of the year; this blog features some items that you might see when you’re travelling but it’s not likely – my favourite […]

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Cactus, Flowers, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Photography, Plants, Succulent
Saguaro cactus with owl at Saguaro National Park in Arizona, USA

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Light Green (Cactus)

September 4, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 6 Comments

Most succulents and cactuses are light green, the desert climate that they grow in creating different needs than the bright chlorophyll-filled leaves found in wetter northern climates. Saguaro cactus with […]

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Cactus, Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Succulent
Blue agave plants at Tula, home of the Atlanticos

The Difference Between Yuccas and Agaves

January 25, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

Natives of Mexico and the American Southwest, both Yucca and Agave plants belong to the family of Agavaceae. In both cases their sword-like leaves grow in a spiral pattern out from […]

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A Photo a Week Challenge, Cactus, Flowers, Succulent
Succulent Plant 'Echeveria'

Rosette Structure in Succulents, Agave and Bromeliads

January 12, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

I’m using a small succulent Echeveria to show the rosette structure of this plant – I can’t get high enough to photograph the taller plants from above, especially since a lot of […]

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A Photo a Week Challenge, Cactus, Succulent
Metallic Silver Fan Palm apped in Snapseed

Tropical Plants for December’s Plant of the Month

December 28, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

For me 2017 was a year of living differently. I made two major moves, had my first art show and only got away to a foreign place once, collapsing at […]

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Cactus, Garden, Photo Apps, Weekly Photo Challenge

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