Tag: cacti
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Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 43: Cow’s Tongue Prickly Pear (Opuntia Englemannii v. linguiformis)

Cow’s Tongue Prickly Pear, aka Cactus Apple: gorgeous peach
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Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 42: Another Cholla Surprise

A cholla (cylindropuntia) with flowers the color of fuchsias!
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Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 41: A Yellow-and-Brown Pinstriped Cholla!

I can’t get enough of the (Cylindr)opuntia! There is *so* much hybridizing going on that the variety is seemingly endless!
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Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 32: Prickly Pears!

The prickly pears are starting to bloom, along with the cholla and it is more spectacular than I’d imagined it would be.
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Fouquieria columnaris (‘Boojum Tree’): It’s like a tree and a cactus got together with some ocotillo and made this thing

Check out this whimsical Ocotillo from Baja!