Cactus blooms, (click/tap to enlarge)
celebrate,
the winter rains,
with spring blossoms,
in exuberant,
fiery hues,
and pristine white,
with pale pastels.
The Holler is,
a blooming,
glory!
Cheers to you from The Holler’s prickly beauties~
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Wow.. Such a beauty🌻
Smiling. Thank you very much & be well my friend დ
Thanks.. Stay well 😊🌻🌹🌼
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Beautiful, all the aloe Vera’s were in bloom during our recent holiday.
Thank you Robin and how wonderful. Mine haven’t bloomed yet დ
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What gorgeous blooms and your photos of them are stellar!
So happy you enjoyed them Lynette & thank you very much my friend დ
Wow Cindy, the photos are so beautiful! ❤️
Thank you sincerely John & take good care დ
Aren’t they fabulous? We have the orange and lemon here, but rarely the red and I’ve never seen a white flower.
The white are Golden Torches. They are my favorites. The flowers are complex and stunning დ
Truly Glorious Cindy. Huge Hugs.
Muchos gracias mi amigo David! დ
Amazing flowers!
Grazie mille Cathy! დ
A wonderfully framed set
Thank you Derrick & cheers to you and Jackie დ
And some criticize roses because they have prickles. Beautiful!
Excellent point Bruce. Both are well defended beauties დ
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This made me smile Graham. Thank you & cheers დ
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I love cactus, especially when they bloom. We have a small cactus garden here in our yard in Spain, including a prickly pear cactus. It goes crazy when it blooms!
How wonderful! Spain’s Southern semi-desert biome remids me so much of The Holler. I love blooming prickly pear დ
What a great idea to focus on these flowers which are rarely seen here. N self-respecting cactus would wish to bloom in windy rainy UK!
My grandfather came to the US from Europe as a young man and moved west in retirement. He was taken by cactus and palm trees, icons of the west, and created a multi-acre cactus garden with many exotic varieties, some of which he grafted to make the most amazing floral displays. Cactus flowers remind me of him დ
Lavish. Not a word we associate with desert. But well displayed, more than obvious. Beautifully found and seen and shared. You are a gift. They each deserve a poem or tribute of their own, but you’re doing that better than I could. Cindy, it feels so good, just to look.
Ahh… You have the beautiful gift of eloquent written expression. Each message from you is a gift my friend დ
C’est très joli !!!
Merci beaucoup mon Ami! დ
How beautiful and marvelous Cindy ! I do not usually equate such beautiful and varied flowers with cactus plants, but these are extraordinary.
Ahhh….. So very appreciated. Thank you my friend & take good care დ
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Smile დ
Marvelous and Stunning . It’s very much beautiful and rare images for me. Thank you C K🍀🙏
Your lovely comment made me smile. So happy you enjoyed & take good care დ
Thank you. You are always kind. 🙏
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Such exquisite blooms on prickly thorns Cindy.. Just gorgeous flowers 🪷🌸🌺
Thanks so much Sue. They are delicate and defended დ
Wonderful! I didn’t know cacti flowers are these beautiful!
Very happy you enjoyed them & have a wonderful weekend დ
Wow..stunning images, Cindy I love cacti in bloom so very pretty 🙂
They are quite unique aren’t they. I love them too დ
Fabulous blooms Cindy
Thanks much Sheree & cheers დ
Fantastic…Such a pity the blooms don’t last longer, Cindy! Thank you!
Thank you Joy. The fate of every flower and person I’m sorry to say დ
Glorious blooming indeed❣️Lovely captures Cindy 💐
Thank you Val & hope all is well with you my friend დ
Wonderful!!! All of them ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Thanks very much Luisa & cheers! დ
You’re most welcome! 💐
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These are beautiful Cindy, and I cannot believe the depth of their colors. Even the top picture has many different colors on the same plant. They are a delight to see dear lady, thank you 😀❤️🙏
You are perceptive Mark. The multi-colored flowers growing on the same wild prickly pear was something I have never seen before. Thank you very much my friend & cheers დ
Such a spectacular color show of cactus flowers 😍
I think they were showing off! Cheers to you დ
Gosh, these are so special!
Ahh… So appreciated Rajani. Thank you! დ
Such colorful blossoms! I didn’t realize that cacti flowers came in this wide of a variety 🙂
I was really surprised to see multiple colors of flowers coming from one patch of wild prickly pear. It was a first for me as well დ
Beautifully captured, Cindy. The white remind me of bird feathers!
I never thought of that! They do look like feathers. Thank you Eliza დ
good morning Cindy, so nice to see such beautiful photos at the start of a rainy day here where I am. Have a good week-end.
I wish I could borrow some of your rain! Thank you for stopping by & stay warm and well დ
Beautiful, Cindy. Had heard about these but never really seen them.
So happy you enjoyed and pleased to make the introduction დ
Such a wide variety of plant life surrounds you. And animal life too. Your photos show that you appreciate all of it very much.
I do so love being surrounded by the quiet beauty of nature. Thank you for noticing and take good care დ
How delightful! 😎🌺
So happy you enjoyed & cheers to you! დ
Beautiful.
Grazie mille Timothy დ
Amazing Cactus. Thank you Cindy. 🙂
You are most welcome & hope all is well with you დ
So gorgeous!
Thanks very much Laura დ
WOW!! Beauties, indeed!!
Merci beaucoup mon Ami Liz დ
You’re welcome, Cindy!
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The Holler has such beautiful cactus flowers, some that I have never seen before, even when travelling through the West. Thanks for sharing them!
Thank you for appreciating them my friend & take good care! დ
Great photos, and a great topic! Have you tried making Prickly Pear Jelly? My sister made some for each of us about 10 Christmases ago… she said it was a big effort, but we all raved, it was delicious!
I have eaten it and liked it, but never made it. I have also eaten prickly pear in Mexico and loved it. A very versatile plant დ
There’s a special place in my heart for cactus.
Here are many of the reasons! Beautiful
Defensive yet delicate. I love them too დ
Enjoy it all Cindy!
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It’s a testament to Nature’s creativity that such beautiful flowers can spring from unlovely cacti. And it’s remarkable that Cacti can survive and thrive in their arid environments.
I agree with you on all points. Cacti are adaptive and remarkable plants დ
Cactus flowers are fabulous. I once owned a tiny cactus that flowered – what a special surprise. Thanks for the photos!
Happy you saw that! Cactus flowers are so incongruous, such delicate beauty from such defensive plants დ
Cindy, this is sooooo beautiful. Never saw these different varieties of cactus.
Very happy you enjoyed & cheers to you! დ
Glory is right! What incredibly beautiful blooms from a prickly plant, and stunning photos as always. (There’s probably a lesson in beautiful blooms from a prickly plant methinks. )
Methinks you are right! Intimidating looks can be deceiving დ
Simply stunning, Cindy! I’ve seen blooming cacti in the stores, but they’re nowhere near as glorious as all these at The Holler. Thank you for sharing them with us!
Thank you much more for your very thoughtful appreciation Debbie & cheers! დ
There’s something extra joyfully exuberant about cactus blooms! What a lovely site to behold ❤️🤍💛 (I’m catching up on your posts now that I’ve returned from visiting my family where I didn’t have internet.)
Hope you had a splendid time! I am happy you are back my friend დ
Thank you! It’s good to be back! xx (And I am so embarrassed I misspelled “sight” as “site”…LOL)
I didn’t even notice because I am the queen (note lower case queen) of typos, a title I proudly own 😉 😉
These are gorgeous, Cindy!
Merci beaucoup mon Ami დ
The Holler is blooming – love the colors!!!!
I was quite surprised to see all the different colored flowers in one patch of prickly pear. New to me. Take good care Sheila & thank you დ
They are so bright and beautiful!
Thank you Kymber & take good care! დ