The Virtually Succulent
Glassware Collection


Above: A selection of glass cocktail stirrers. Left and 2nd left from Alpine in Texas, middle and mid-right from Arizona. No information is available about suppliers, but some were labelled as made in China. Cocktail stirrers are at about 1.5 times life size on a 96 dpi display and the glass stems have been truncated. Click on images for larger full length images.


A drink made with cactus as an ingredient.	Cochineal, made from an insect that lives on cactus.



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Above left & middle: Examples of the glassblowers' art from Arizona. Possibly made in Mexico. Above right: A glass saguaro, decorated with glass "lights" designed for hanging as a lightcatcher. One could justifiably describe this item as a "Christmas cactus" ! From the Desert Botanic Garden, Phoenix, but labelled as "Made in China". About life size on a 96 dpi display.