Devil’s Tongue (ferocactus latispinus) is fairly popular in cultivation because it blooms very early, many young plants will bloom when they reach 4 inches in diameter (10 cm). The Devil’s Tongue Barrel has pinkish purple or yellow flowers, 1 to 1.5 inches in diameter (2.5 to 3.5 cm). They come in late autumn to early winter, and need a fair amount of bright sunlight to form.
(Above information courtesy of Desert Tropicals.)
The spikes on this Devil’s Tongue barrel cactus certainly look formidable. I liked this close-up that Verna took of the one in our garden last week. Click on the image to enlarge.
Stay tuned to see some more desert flowers Verna is going to post next week.
