“Prickly Close-Up” (© Mark Ali)

Reconsidering the Weird Cactus

Also, is it “cactuses” or “cacti”?

I’ve never been a big fan of cacti. Or cactuses, for that matter. And yes, either term is correct. I looked it up. But “cacti” sounds more academic, and is just more fun to say, so let’s go with that.

Cacti always seemed to be somewhat dry, a little off-putting, and frankly not all that attractive. But then I realized that…