As promised, here are some photos from my most recent visit to Stanford's Arizona Garden, which has many, many, many varieties of cacti and other succulents, including agaves and aeoniums. The garden isn't huge, but it's well-maintained and worth a visit. Nothing there is labeled, but in some of these pictures, I'm venturing a guess. If you click on the smaller pictures, you can see a larger version.
Here's a view from one end of the garden.
Cotyledon orbiculata var. orbiculata?
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Cotyledon orbiculata v. oophyta
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Some kind of aeonium cyclops?
Uuum... a cactus.
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Can you tell that I know nothing about cacti?
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A... lot of cacti. All I know is that this is the kind that *seems* soft and innocent, but if you touch it, will instantly release eight thousand tiny little splintery spines into your finger, which will torment you for a week.
Octopus agave? Or agave mapisaga var. lisa?
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agave victoriae-reginae
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Agave parryi, I believe
Nice, wide paths to walk on
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A fun visit!
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(If you're in Palo Alto checking out the Arizona Garden, I recommend checking out the Gamble Garden as well. It's just a 5- or 10-minute drive away.) Have any of you ever been to the Arizona Garden? What did you think of it? Any other must-stop succulent destinations on the peninsula?
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