Beautiful look at this cactus blooming. Your comments on the white flies is interesting, during the summer here in New England quite a few varieties of plants have been damaged, by some kind of moth that has appeared for the first time.
29 Dec 2016 11:08am
@Frances: This white fly is the cochineal insect and when crushed makes a carmine dye. I think it has always been present since prickly pears were introduced in Spain, but over the past couple of years it has rampaged completely out of control. I suspect climate change may have something to do with it