Category Archives: Plants

Yellow Pear Tomatoes. These are from our garden. We grow the strangest plants here. Oh… and these are ripe….. they are supposed to be that color.

It has been a while since I blogged a Strange Plant, so I am starting up the SPOTH series again. Here is a friendly fellow. This is called a “Fishhook Barrel Cactus”. Can you guess why? What does this look … Continue reading →

Or maybe that should read IT bloomed. Here is a photo of it. That looks innocent enough. Here is a closeup of the flower. Lovely. However, this is one of those Carrion Flowers. It is fertilized by flies, and it … Continue reading →

No. Seriously. I mean that literally. This one has flowers on it that you can smell. Here is the plant. It is another one of those plants that look like stuff growing out of a log. It looks like this … Continue reading →

Here is another SPOTH from the basement. There is a face that only a mother could love. That thing at the top is a flower. In the photo below I have circled it. Don’t believe me? Here is a closeup. … Continue reading →

This SPOTH has curls and swirls. It looks like it has hair…. but those are really spines, as you can see when you move in closer. Under the spines are the swirls. Here is the name to avoid.

Here is another SPOTH that I found. That’s kind of cute. You can see it better in this closeup. Here is an angle that shows you the label. This one still kinda looks like that mutant squirrel. These are creeping … Continue reading →