While most of the northern hemisphere marks the beginning of fall, we, here in the Arizona Desert celebrate the beginning of “Second Spring.” The summer monsoons are gone and the flowers are opening again.
Here are three open flowers on my Devil’s Tongue Barrel Cactus with several more flower pods set to open:
This Star Cactus flower was open when we got home from California:
Finally, a lone flower blossomed atop one of the Buckhorn Cholla in the west cactus garden:
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