My christmas cactus in bloom

Bledsoe, TX—MAY 20, 2012

Prickly pear cactus in bloom

Big Bend National Park

Beavertail prickly pear cactus in bloom with pink magenta flowers, in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, in the Colorado Desert, San Diego County, California.

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Claret Cup Cactus in bloom,

Echinocereus triglochidiatus,

Cactaceae family, in southwest Texas.

A Prickly Pear Cactus in bloom. Palmer Park in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Another version of the Christmas Cactus in bloom .

ABC Open Garden .

Chetwynd . Chelmer . Brisbane .

Cactus in bloom.

These are interesting little guys. Once the buds truly open up the little flowers stay during the day and then close around 6 in the evening. Almost the opposite schedule of my four o'clocks.

Cactus in bloom.

Even the cacti bloomed when we were there

Canyon cactuses in bloom.

At Sonoran Desert Museum

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One of my favorite Cacti and Succulent plantings..

Prickly Pear Cactus in bloom

Death Valley National Park is located in Eastern California along the Nevada border. It is a land of contrasts, ranging from Telescope Peak at 11,049 feet, to Badwater Basin at 282 feet below sea level. It is one of the hottest and driest places on earth, registering the hottest day recorded anywhere on earth at 134 degrees F.

For you Easteners, this is what a cactus look likes when it blooms in April. Very beautiful flowers. The white flowers in the back are tombstone roses and you can see a suguaro, cholla and an ocotillo cactus.

A cactus in bloom.

Hedgehog Cactus in bloom near Picket Post Mountain, Superior, Arizona.

Cholla Cactus in bloom. We have lots of these at home also. Just don't get too close or you'll see why they're known as "jumping Cholla".

@ U of A Extension Garden

walking stick cactus in bloom

Zion National Park in Utah, www.nps.gov/zion/

An Easter tradition, the Easter cactus in bloom.

Cactus in bloom

Flowering Ocotillo, Fouquiera splendens, in Big Bend National Park in Texas.

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Cactus in bloom