“‘The pussy and the ass.
They are the cupcake and the pastry.
Because one tastes sour and one tastes sweet.’

‘Darling,’ said Adeline, ‘which is it?’

‘That’s the mystery of the cupcake and the pastry.
No one knows. It depends on your personal preference.'”

— from Jarett Kobek’s “i hate the internet”

ONE


thickened, fleshy 
       parts of highly 
modified leaves

TWO


even being found in the Ancient Greek κάκτος

THREE


sharp spines, even 
     being 
only part
adaptation

FOUR 


Singapore Botanic Gardens
       
Many live 
  in the south to flow close 
to  water

FIVE


places 
of sharp spines, like thickened, fleshy adaptation

SIX


takes 
plants 
          reduced from Patagonia in the storm
  water lost 
various software, see Cactaceae