Two Sundays ago when I went walking at the Desert Botanical Garden, I noticed buds on two of my favorite night-blooming cactus. I knew they were going to bloom either that night or the next night.
Monday morning, off I went to see if they had bloomed. They hadn't yet. So, on Tuesday morning, I once again headed that way and there they were, bursting with beauty. You can see some buds that haven't opened yet in the top photo. Several years ago I was there when they all bloomed at once which was a spectacular sight. You can see it here.
This other cactus had also bloomed and I was surprised to see these brilliant pink blooms. This cactus usually has deep red blossoms.
Whatever the color, they are always a joy to see!
11 comments:
Thanks for going back to show us the beautiful flowers!
The cactus are showing off their true beauty.
Amazing!
Such spectacular flowers, Sharon!
Gorgeous blossoms!
So beautiful to see and admire those flowers. I love cactus, they are amazing plants.
Oh wow! What a spectacular sight Sharon. It never ceases to amaze me how the fairly ordinary cactus transforms when it flowers like this, beautifully shown here ✨
Well worth the trip back. So elegant.
My neighbor had a night blooming cereus in his yard when we lived in Phoenix back in the 70's and 80's. He got some great photos of it when it bloomed.
Cactus have such beautiful blooms, especially these cereus cactus. Nicely photographed!
The Naples Botanical Garden has some cacti that I was able to see in bloom before I headed north. I still don't associate cacti and blooms, but that is because of my strong New England roots and lack of knowledge.
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