Nothing Happens At Ten

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 like?

… and this….

… and this….

If you see one of these, and the person holding it says, “Wanna pet my cactus?”…. the correct answer is “No”.

I have been assured by the experts on the interwebs that should you get stabbed by one of these things, you should seek out band aids and antibiotics. Just sayin’

Here is the name of the beast to look out for.

Ferocactus Emoryi. Unfortunately, in the wild they rarely have labels on them.

Oh. One more thing…… this one is a baby.

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 attracts them by smelling like rotting meat. Seriously…… this thing was stinking up the whole house. Check it out.

Yeah. I know. Fell for that one once before. Not going to fall for it again.

But seriously, I think that this stink might make it all the way through the interwebs and onto the screen this time.

Update: It was taken outside.

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 from the top.

In the center it has the Mutant Squirrel Eyes. See the flowers? Here’s a closeup.

And here is what they smell like.

You didn’t really do that did you?

Anyway. This is the name to look for.

I do not know what the B stands for or if that is the beginning of another word that is buried in the soil. You will just have to guess.

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.

Strange.

This one did not have a label on it, so I cannot advise you on what it is called. So I think we will just name it “Fugly” and leave it at that.

Update: I have been informed that there is no name tag because we do not know exactly what this plant is because it is a “volunteer”, which means that it just showed up, in with something else. However, we have guessed that it is a “Euphorbia CV Medusoid Cross“. Got that?

I’m sticking with “Fugly”.