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A Midwestern Prickly Pear Cactus in bloom. Location: Sand Prairie in Thompson Causeway Recreational Area. By John Bishop M.D. - Doctor John
Three day backpack to Neon and Choprock canyons along the Escalante River. For more of the story, please visit us at: www.evansoutdooradventures.com/?p=3564
Cactus in Bloom -- Sony a99II & Minolta Maxxum AF 50 2.9 macro, and a h/t to LrC -- Tucson, Arizona USA
Another blooming cactus from the Notanical Garden in Huntington Library. Majority cactuses in bloom have red/green color combinantion.
This cactus tells a very simple life cycle story. Follow the notes (in numerical order). The "end game" is missing but that is ok - it celebrates life! This photograph is much better viewed in its original size since there is a lot of detail.
Photo taken Sunday, September 9, 2012 at Mineral Wells Fossil Park in north Texas. The park has Pennsylvanian Period fossils dated to be over 300 million years old. You can look for and collect these tiny fossils. Most of the fossils we've seen are under an inch long. The largest we've seen are a few inches long. Some are longer, but broken into segments. There is a nice chart at the entrance that helps identify what you've found. A Prickly Pear Cactus in bloom.
Three day backpack to Neon and Choprock canyons along the Escalante River. For more of the story, please visit us at: www.evansoutdooradventures.com/?p=3564
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Saguaro Cactus in Bloom Cookie
Created by Pat Murphy
Pat Murphy is an experienced birder and volunteer at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona.
She is also an accomplished cookie artist.
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Three day backpack to Neon and Choprock canyons along the Escalante River. For more of the story, please visit us at: www.evansoutdooradventures.com/?p=3564
I took this phone snapshot thinking, "I'll see lots of these over the course of the day and have another chance to take a photo with the big camera." That was not a good assumption.
These paper-like flowers belong the wheel cactus, Opuntia robusta, which can only be found in the wild in Mexico.
Near my house, a neighbor has a desert garden with some cactus in bloom. I thought this one was exceptionally pretty.
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This is growing in downtown Santa Barbara,ca.I don't know name of cactus,but it seems to bloom once per year with all these flowers.Actually this was 2nd day open.Notice a few are closed already.They only last a couple of days.Puts on quite a show once a year.The flowers are large.Probably about 7 inches across.I will take a close-up next year with my hand to see how large.
While many wildflowers have begun to fade, there is still time to enjoy the last spring season blooms at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. Since Red Spring had so much to offer the prior week, we decided to return in hopes of seeing more wildflowers. As we traveled along State Route 159, we spotted the deep purple flowers of the Indigo Bush. These were in full bloom, while at Red Spring this same plant was just catching up.
Once we arrived at Red Spring, we noticed the Joshua Tree flowers had disappeared. Even though these giant white blooms of the Joshua Tree have passed, they have left an abundance of fruit behind. In the same area, the Creosote also displayed cotton-like fruit, as well as tiny yellow flowers. As we continued along the trail, we saw nearby in an outcrop of Shinarump conglomerate (highly resistant course-grained sandstone and pebble mix) with numerous Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus in bloom, as well as tiny purple-colored flowers of the Range Ratany. We also visited Red Spring once more to see the Pretty Shooting Stars fading, but in their absence St. George Blue-eyed Grass was thriving. Saving the best for last, we came upon a disturbed hillside to find the delicate white flowers of the Desert Bearpoppy. This wildflower is a definite rare treat with it being listed as a species of conservation concern. Worried that the harsh winds may have broken the delicate fuzzy stems, we were happy to see that the new blooms had withstood the haphazard weather. Other blooms in the area include Amsonia, Scarlet Guara, Paperflower and a purple Globemallow.
As the temperatures begin to rise, the chance to see these unique flowers will be coming to an end, so be sure to get out and enjoy them while you can!
Photo by by Leah Daniel/BLM/2013
Here is one of my Ocotillo cactus"s in bloom. These are my favorite cactus and hard to grow in my region.
Prickly Pear cactus in bloom at the lovely Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park. Located 4 miles west of Superior on US Highway 60, the Boyce Thompson Arboretum is among my very favorite man-made locations in Arizona.
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This was our last stop of the day. It was very hot and very windy. We saw some Meadowlarks and a Bobwhite which had been flushed from the grass. No photo. We loved the prickly pear cactus blooms!
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