My visit to B & B Cactus Farm 8-26-06
     I headed to Saguaro National Park East this morning only to find
it closed for remodeling. But I was able to save the day regardless. B & B Cactus Farm is on the way back, and
I took dozens of pictures. B & B has one of the nicest selections of cacti and succulent plants, Mexican pottery
and garden art in town. Though their wholesale operation is huge, they also have a nice retail section. The
greenhouses are orderly and clean and a cacti and succulent enthusiasts dream. All in all it turned into a very good day!
You can visit B & B at 11550 East Speedway Blvd. in Tucson. They also have a website with some info about
them, but don't do e-commerce just yet. It is http://www.bandbcactus.com/
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Pictures in the Retail Store
    The retail store has all kinds of cacti and
succulents large and small. I mainly concentrated on the specimen size plants and the few that were flowering.
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 Ficus petiolaris
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 Matucana?
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 Cleistocactus winteri
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 Echinopsis leucantha
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 Pachycereus marginatus
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 Euphorbia
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 Gymnocalycium
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 Mammillaria
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 Melocactus
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 Rebutia arenaceae
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 Sanseverieria trifasciata
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 Sanseverierias
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 Sanseverierias
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Out on the grounds
    Here's some pictures taken in the gardens on the grounds. I didn't
have time to tour the whole thing, I mainly stuck to the part out front.
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 Agave parryii?
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 Agave victoria reginae
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 Assorted cacti
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 Assorted succulents
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 Assorted succulents
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 Cleistocactus strausii
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 Echeveria
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 Echinocactus grusonii
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 Escobaria?
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 Ferocactus?
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 Ferocactus rectispinus
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 Ferocactus rectispinus
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 Ferocactus robustus
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 Ferocactus?
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 Graptopetalum?
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 Graptoveria?
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 Leuchtenbergia principis
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The Greenhouses
    Here's some pictures inside the greenhouses where they grow
their marvelous plants. I could easily have a taken a couple hundred pictures especially of their specimen plants.

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 Aloe
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 Blue Columnars
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 Discocactus ssp nova
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 Dyckia
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 Echeveria 'Black Prince'
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 Echinopsis
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 Euphorbia susannae
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 Euphorbia
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 Gymnocalycium hosseii
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 Kalanchoe
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 Melocactus azureus
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 Pachypodium namaquanum
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 Pilosocereus
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Specimen Plants
    Most of their specimens are kept in the main cactus greenhouse
but can be found in the others as well. This is what I came for. I'm so thrilled all the pictures came out well.
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 Astrophytum asterias triple
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 Astrophytum capricorne
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 Copiapoa hazeltoniana
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 Copiapoa hazeltoniana
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 Copiapoa cinererea
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 Copiapoa cinererea
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 Crested Espostoa
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 Crested Euphorbia
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 Euphorbia lactea crest
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 Euphorbia obesa
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 Euphorbia obesa
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 Gymnocalycium baldianum
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 Gymnocalycium hostii
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 Gymnocalycium unknown
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 Gymnocalycium unknown
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 Gymnocalycium unknown
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 Mammillaria camptotricha
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 Mammillaria clump
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 Mammillaria cristate
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 Mammillaria hahniana
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 Mammillaria nivosa
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 Mammillaria plumosa
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 Mammillaria spinossisima
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 Mammillaria unknown
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 Mammillaria unknown
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 Mammillaria unknown
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 Mammillaria unknown
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 Mammillaria unknown
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 Melocactus
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 Melocactus
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 Parodia magnifica
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 Parodia magnifica
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 Parodia magnifica
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 Parodia mammulosus
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 Rebutia arenaceae clump
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 Specimen Table
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 Unknown Cactus
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 Unknown crest
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 Unknown Euphorbia
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My Acquisitions
    Here are the plants that I bought today. I was specially thrilled
with the G. mihanovichii, I've never seen one that color ungrafted. The fruit is pretty too. Hopefully I can raise some of these from seed.
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 Agave colorata
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 Agave victoria reginaea
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 Ariocarpus retusus
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 Escobaria minima
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 Euphorbia lactea variegata cristate
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 Gymnocalycium mihanovichi friedrichii
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 Gymnocalycium ragonesei
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 Gymnocalycium shickendantzii
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 Mammillaria humboltii
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 Mammillaria nivosa
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 Mammillaria theresea
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 Ortegocactus mcdougelli
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 Parodia scopa ssp succinea
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