The Prickly Pear Cactus are now starting to bloom. Prickly Pear Cactus is the predominant cactus in the Sonoran Desert. That means it is everywhere. Each plant may have as many as 50 "pads." Each pad may have as many as five flowers the size of a rose. So, you can imagine how beautiful it is. There are dozens of varieties of Prickly Pear. The top two photos are of the most common type: Engelmann Prickly Pear. The third photo is Pancake Prickly Pear, which has very short and fuzzy looking thorns. DO NOT TOUCH!
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