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Amazing that such a fierce looking plant can yield such beautiful flowers. While the Pontotoc Ridge butterflies were nectaring on coneflowers, milkweed and indian blanket, all the other insects were burrowing into the prickly pear cactus blooms. This one just seemed to call out for a little texture treatment for an antique look. Thanks to Lenabem-Anna.
In the Sonoran Desert, not far from Agua Calliente near Tucson, Arizona in the Sonoran Desert. It was a very hot day today.
August 10, 2024 - Dragonfruit Cactus in Bloom at our Home in Long Beach, CA. Looking forward to the Harvest to come!
Original Caption: Barrel cactus in bloom. Hovenweep National Monument, 05/1972.
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-2398
Photographer: Norton, Boyd
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Utah Junction (Adams county, Colorado) inhabited place
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Small cactus growing among rock formation in the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument in Southern California. Just one of the many scenes I find on my drive to and from work each day thru the San Jacinto/Santa Rosa mountain range. It's pretty amazing to go from "palms to pines" in only 30 minutes! The sudden change in altitude and terrain creates some crazy weather patterns, which in turn leads to some really cool pho-ops, especially when they include storm light, rainbows and sunsets/sunrises-you just gotta be ready. The weather conditions/clouds/light can change so fast, even in a matter of seconds.
This scene, however, represents one of the calmer , more serene, moments-climbing around these granite formations in search of splashes of color, I discovered this lone cactus, showing off its color, surrounded by its protective fortress of stone.
I shot this with my 200mm lens, with an extender tube so it would work as a macro. This is a Hedgehog Cactus in bloom. After two months of chasing around this ever elusive desert bloom, I am finally giving up and moving on. We had record breaking rainfall in January and February, we had a major downpour every week, and it was supposed to be the best desert bloom ever. Unfortunantly, it was also 10-20 degrees colder than usual, so the bloom that usually starts in the beginning of February, waited till the beginning of March, after not having any rain for a month. I think everything was waiting for that one last big rainfall to really explode, but that never happened. So, now after two months with not a drop of rain, I have watched everything go from brown, to green, and now back to brown. So... After three months of staying put in Mesa, Arizona, this week, I am taking the motorhome up to the Grand Canyon, where I am meeting up with my flickr friends, Jill, and Brian. (Jill's Junk, and chaybert)
In the Sonoran Desert, not far from Agua Caliente near Tucson, Arizona in the Sonoran Desert. It was a very hot day today.
About an hour after sunset near Kenyon Overlook Trail in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. The sky is now dark enough to show some stars, yet there's still enough light to brightly illuminate the landscape in this 25 second exposure.
2017 super bloom.
Ocotillo, cholla, barrel cactus in bloom, and several desert sunflowers.
cactus in bloom at the Lake Mead visitor center in Boulder City Nevada
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A brilliant orange flower crowns the spiny column of a claret cup cactus, standing out vividly against the dry, rocky ground. Photographed in the desert section of the Denver Botanic Gardens, this cactus—native to the American Southwest—is known for its vibrant, waxy blooms that emerge each spring. The dense cluster of cylindrical stems and sharp spines frames the single blooming flower, highlighting the contrast between toughness and beauty in desert flora.
Walnut Creek is, technically, a desert climate. But you'd never know it from the green lawns and the thirsty trees around most residences. But one house near where I live takes the whole desert thing seriously. They've got an enormous cactus garden as their front yard. Happily, this is one of those times where the cactus are blooming beautifully. These are blooms on a small barrel cactus.
Once again, the Tokina 35mm proves its worth. This is shot mere inches from the blooms but is wide enough to take in a bit of scenery as well. Truly a great lens.
Details: Handheld, 35mm macro, SOOC
Only 3 flowers, and I don't see any buds, but either this is a very late bloomer, or a very, very early one.
Spent the Day in Valley of Fire Nevada State park. The entire Mojave desert was awash in color from the Spring Bloom. Beavertail Cactus. Just got the Tamron SP 85 mm F/1.8. Put it through its paces. Great lens. james-sage.pixels.com/
Aiti's Christmas cactus story is worth repeating.
Decades ago my late grandmother (Aiti - the Finnish word for mother) tired of tending her Christmas cactus, so early one spring she asked one of her seven boys to bring the cactus (by this time in a large, metal washtub) out to the stone wall to wither away.
Forgotten over the summer, the cactus thrived and in the fall, someone noticed how hearty it was! So a ritual began to bring her cactus to the stone wall in the spring and return it indoors in the fall.
After each trip, the cactus rewarded everyone with great blooms like I see this year.
My cactus is not the original, but it's an offshoot like many of us have in our houses.