Cactusflowers, cactus flowers!

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  1. cactusflower

    cactusflower Seedling

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    Hi fellow flower friends.......thought I'd share some of the beautiful blooms in the Arizona Desert....specifically in my garden for these. A couple are part of last years collection to show the plant in entirety. Enjoy


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    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Oh MY!!!! :eek: Imagine being able to grow those beautiful flowering cactus in your garden!! Here in Scotland we can only have them indoors or in a greenhouse. Thank you for posting your photographs - they are stunning!! :D
     
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    Netty Chaotic Gardener Plants Contributor

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    Those are just gorgeous blooms Cactusflower! Thanks for sharing them.
     
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    lexxivexx In Flower

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    I don't know that I've ever seen catus flowers before now! They're so dramatic!
     



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    kaseylib Young Pine

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    The flowers on cactus always amaze me. So much beauty from such a gnarly plant!
     
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    Frank GardenStew Founder Staff Member Administrator

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    How very very beautiful, it's not often we get to see a blooming cactus (I don't recall ever seen an image of one posted here at GardenStew). Thanks so much for posting these for us CactusFlower.
     
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    Droopy Slug Slaughterer Plants Contributor

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    Your cactus blooms are lovely! :D Thanks for showing them.
     
  9. tschnath

    tschnath In Flower

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    What beautiful flowers. I'd love to see one in person for sure. Thanks for sharing.
     
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    dirt2diamonds In Flower

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    I almost didn't check out the pics. I thought, well I've seen yellow blooms on cacti before, boy was I underenthused. THOSE BLOOMS ARE ADORABLE! Wow, how pretty and inocent they look. I have only seen pear cactus in bloom outdoors before (yelow bloom) and I have some on the outskirts of my gardening zone. But those are lovely. Thanks for teaching an old flower dog a new trick (love for cacti).
     
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    cajunbelle Daylily Diva

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    Oh, I am green with envy. I love them and kill everyone I get, I did get flowers one year though. Your cacti are very healthy.
     
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    Beautiful! I've never seen so many blooming at once before, and the blossoms are so big too!
     
  13. cactusflower

    cactusflower Seedling

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    This is how it is here in the spring and if the conditions are right, which they are this year, there are tons of blooms in the desert!

    Where I live it is hilly with lots of mountain views! In fact, I walked 6 miles around these hills of Carefree yesterday and unfortunately no camera (only my water and my ipod). There were millions of 'good photos' to be had~~~they are all in my memories now. The Palo Verde trees are in bloom now and the hillsides are peppered with these trees in full yellow bloom. I saw lots and lots of unusual cacti in full bloom too. One had a flower that looked sort of like an orange zinnia!?!? Oh the Sahuaros are blooming too.........I think they are sooo magnificant. I thought about going back out today and actually getting 'photos'. If I do I will post them.

    I never take for granted the beauty around me. We really live in a beautiful world if you can see it. It depends where you focus. I love to travel and see all the beauties. This 'community' is such a wonderful place to see beauty through everyones eyes and the photos that are shared..........right here at our computers!!! Thanks to everyone here for sharing. Kathy
     
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    I suggest you do the walk again, and with the camera this time, please?
     
  15. petunia

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    Yes deffinitly more picts. I thinks cactus are so pretty. And like it was said, alot of can't grow them except indoors. Your lucky, you probably have a garden full of them. Thanks for sharing such pretty blooms.
     
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    wow, i never know cactus bloom flower. This is the first time i saw one. People grow cactus outdoor here, but i've never seen a flower one. strange, maybe climate difference.
     

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