And what a great challenge it is! I love cacti and have photographed many. I hope you will enjoy some of my favorites. If you’d like to enter this challenge or to view other entries, click here.
I’ve used this one before, but I love it so here it is again, a pink cactus flower from the United States Botanic Garden. Editing to add that this is a desert rose as one of my followers points out in the comments. And now I can see that if I zoom in on the photo of the entire plant:
And here’s the entire plant:
From the Jardín Botánico Histórico La Concepción, Málaga, Spain where there is a huge display of cacti:
And here’s the entire plant. I’ve never seen a cactus like this one:
Okay, I guess it’s time to go elsewhere. Here’s another from the U.S. Botanic Garden:
And look, here’s the same cactus but this time it’s flowering. Can you tell I like the U.S. Botanic Garden?
Some flowering cacti from the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum:
This is not the best photo from the Arboretum but here’s another interesting looking cactus:
I hope you’ve enjoyed this tour of cacti photos from my collection. My cover photo is from the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, a singular beautiful yellow cactus blossom.
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A stunning collection Toby. Botanical gardens are so good to visit aren’t they?
Thanks! Oh yes, I love botanical gardens. And all the gardens I’ve visited are so different. Thanks for this fun challenge!
It’s a pleasure!
A great collection. That first is a dessert rose. We’ve got two on our terrace that have been in bloom since early March. I can’t stop taking pictures.
Oh, maybe I’ve seen your desert rose? It’s a different color no? A darker pink? I’ve been busy in the last few weeks so I’ll have to go check out more of your desert rose photos. Thanks for stopping by!
You have a really varied and interesting selection here :)
Yes indeed. Thank you for looking!
Great pics Toby! :)
Thanks!
Toby, could I use one of your pictures for my weekly round up please? I will credit you of course.
Of course! And thank you! Funny thing? I was at the U.S. Botanic Garden this past weekend where I took even more photos of cactus! They are so fun.
Thanks Toby, so you’ll be ready for another cactus challenge then!
Indeed!