Big Bend Texas, and its cacti in bloom

ISBN 1-932892-01-X. 
The show lasts approx. 35 min. 
$16.95 plus shipping/handling. 
This DVD video slide show of the Big Bend area contains a selection of beautiful images of the area, from Presidio in the west  through  Marathon to the cactus city of Sanderson, including, of course, the Big Bend National Park with the Chisos mountains, the Mariscal Canyon and other stunning natural formations. The area is  part of the Chihuahuan desert and some of its characteristic flora and fauna are depicted with special focus on the cacti. All pictures were taken in the wild and show the amazing beauty of these desert dwellers. The background  music is in Native American music style.

The photgraphers, Gertrud and Ad Konings, are both biologists and live in El Paso.

The following cacti are shown in flower in their natural habitat:
Ariocarpus fissuratus, Coryphantha echinus, C. macromeris, C. ramillosa, Cylindropuntia imbricata, C. kleiniae, C. leptocaulis, Echinocactus horizonthalonius, E. texensis, Echinocereus chisoensis, E. coccineus, E. dasyacanthus, E. enneacanthus, E. russanthus, E. stramineus, E. viridiflorus chloranthus, E. v. viridiflorus, E. v. davisii, Echinomastus mariposensis, E. warnocki, Epithelantha bokei, E. micromeris, Escobaria albicolumnaria, E. dasyacantha, E. duncanii, E. hesteri, E. minima, E. tuberculosa, E. vivipara, Ferocactus hamatacanthus, Grusonia grahamii, G. schottii, Mammillaria heyderi hemisphaerica, M. h. meiacantha, M. lasiacantha, M. pottsii, Neolloydia conoidea, Opuntia engelmannii, O. macrocentra, O. macrorhiza, O. rufida, and Thelocactus bicolor boleaensis.
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