Four years ago, I discovered the most gorgeous red cactus bloom I had ever seen and every spring for the past four years, I've watched that cactus carefully for it to bloom again. I've missed it every time. On Sunday when I walked at the garden I noticed buds on the cactus, the first sign I'd seen in four years that it was going to bloom. I went back on Monday to see the blooms but, they still hadn't opened. They were closer to blooming because I could see streaks of bright red peeking through the bud. So, on Tuesday morning I took some time off from work and headed back to the garden and was rewarded with three gorgeous blooms.
Here is a view of the cactus with all three blooms. It is some variety of Echinopsis but, it's much larger than the more common "red torch" and the blooms are much bigger.
I'm so glad I made the effort to go back again. I checked the date on those photos four years ago and they were taken on May 29th. So now I know that this one blooms at the end of May. I'll mark my 2016 calendar to start looking for them in late May. You can see my post from four years ago on this link.
21 comments:
That's a gorgeous cactus bloom!
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It pays off to go back again and again. Great to see it bloom again.
They look spectacular!
Gorgeous, what a magnificence !
Thank you so much for posting this with sharp dates! Maybe I´ll manage to get there one year to see them, there is much luck needed, I guess :-)
I am glad you were able to catch this beauty.
It is the kind of red I like the most.
This is definitely a va va voom flower Sharon, couldn't possibly get more exotically beautiful. You have captured it beautifully for us to enjoy, merci beaucoup.
If at first you succeed...
Ok, let's get right to my question: Heard on the news this AM that on July 4th Phoenix will open the first EVER fully robotic McDonald's. All robots. All the time. July 5th I expect a post. This is your assignment. Up for it? hahahahaha
What a show off! Not you, the cactus.
Gorgeous!
In local robotics news----
Hahahahaha. Good work Lois Lane!
http://www.tpnn.com/2015/05/26/video-mcdonalds-to-open-a-restaurant-run-by-robots-in-phoenix/
Your persistence definitely paid off! Beautiful.
Wow! I'm glad you shared these shots with us. What beautiful blooms. I'm sure I'd never have seen them otherwise.
It was well worth your return journeys, Sharon! It's a beautiful blossom!
Now that is what I call being in love with cactus flowers! But thank you very much, it is gorgeous (as was the pic of 2011!)
Beautiful colour, too!
You have not only the eye but the heart of a photographer. What glorious color!
I'm so glad you went back Sharon! It is lovely.
Love the colors.
Beautiful blossoms -- worth the special trip! And THREE of them, no less!
Fantastic! Glad you went back there.
Gorgeous. You may know the old photographers saying - luck comes to the prepared.
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