Introduction
Welcome to Oblog (oh’-blog). I am Joe Shaw. I enjoy writing about and photographing cacti and succulents and plants in general. The purpose of Oblog is to describe and illustrate cacti and succulents.
Cacti and succulents are a diverse group of plants. They vary in so many ways that it is impossible to precisely define them. What is a succulent? I can’t make up a description in a sentence or two, but I know one when I see one. My goal is to give you a sense of these wonderful plants, their beauty and their biology.
The Details
Cacti and succulents interact with climate, soils, animals, neighboring plants, daylight, and humans. All of these interactions are interesting. I’ll try to describe the many faces of cacti and succulents and their world. For instance, did you know there is a beer made from Opuntia!
Write to me! I’m always happy to hear from you. Tell me if I have misspelled a word or made a mistake. Or, just write to tell me about your plants. Even better, maybe you can write a guest post.
Write to me: [email protected].
THE OTHER STUFF
Reproducing Photographs
Many photographs are available under a creative commons license or are in the public domain and can be reproduced with attribution. Other photographs cannot be reproduced because they belong to others. If you want to use a photograph, write to me and I’ll help you if I can.
Collecting Personal Information
I do not collect any personally identifying information, nor do I wish to. If you leave your email in a comment or “blog follow” form it will never, ever be shared with anyone else.
Terms of Use
I strive to provide accurate information, but errors may occur. Your use of this Website acknowledges that errors may occur.
Software etc.
I use WordPress as a platform because WordPress is (sort of) easy for the HTML- and SQL-impaired (like me), and I can always get help from the WordPress forums when I run into a small problem. I use free WordPress plugins and change some out now and then. My favorite plugin is a caching plugin, and my second favorite is JetPack.
Reusing
If you copy material from this blog, be sure to give credit to www.opuntiads.com/oblog.
I found a lot of old style web sites about cactus, but your blog has a very beautiful and modern design: compliments!
Best regards
Giovanni Quarella
Thank you. Come back often.
I love the blog. The quality of the pictures is superb!
Wonderful information! Just love your articles and the pictures as well!
Wow my first visit here and what a great resource site. There aren’t enough of them and i am glad I happened across yours. Thank you for the work put into it. It shows and is appreciated. I’ve bookmarked and will be back often!