Walked around today taking more cactus blossom photos.
The first two, like those in the white flowered barrel in yesterday's post are a type of barrel cacti grown in nurseries. They are relative small ( a foot or two maybe) but produce wonderfully colorful flowers. Yesterday's was white today a pink one and a red one:
The next, also from a nursery, is a type of "old man's beard" producing a very strange looking maroon flower. The flower never "unfolds". It remains as you see it until it drops off. Dozens of flowers per stalk.
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| Staghorn Cholla |
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| Rabbitt Eared Prickly Pear |
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| The Most Common "Engelman's" Prickly Pear |
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| A Purple Prickly Pear about to Bloom |
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| A Long-spined Purple Prickly Pear. Notice the red inside vs the more common Prickly Pear |
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