Eastern Prickly Pear flowers in full bloom
The prickly pears are fully in bloom this time of year, it is really cool to see the cacti in the baskets have so many flowers. Just a year ago they were sitting in my green house with torn up baskets. But after restoring them, they seem really happy and showing it with tons of blooms.
Seeing these flowers open I can tell they are a different kind of prickly pear compared to another I have on my property. This one has more red in it, the other is a more flat yellow. Really cool to see two prickly pears that nearly look the same have different petal colors.
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I love seeing all the pollen on the petals inside the flower. And the tips of the flower have little spikes to them.. Reminds me of the paddles with their spines as well.
Such pretty flowers, though its hard to get close without getting poked by a thorn. lol
All of these blooms look really amazing, we can see some spent ones that bloomed a few days ago. And a few that are still left to open.
I hope they all get pollinated, that would be cool. Then I should have a rare fruit called "tunas" this is the fruit of the cacti. Normally I would need to travel far to find any for sale. But growing my own will be a nice treat.
Dealing with cacti can be a pain in the ass sometimes, when you plant them you need to be really careful. And you cannot touch most of the plant due to how it has large and small spines that will all poke you. But I think they make up for those issues with some amazing flowers.
All of the cacti out there have amazing looking flowers, some bigger or smaller than others.
I hope they are just as tasty as they are good looking. I have seen many pollinators visit them so far, like wasps, various kinds of bees, beetles, hummingbirds and other cool bugs.
Wonder what other variations these flowers come in, seeing these with their red tinge is pretty, I also like the plain yellow ones. For other cacti species I have seen them in pink so maybe they are some pink prickly pear flowers too.. lol not sure.
With the flowers open completely I have started to see some insects visit them. I do not blame them, they look really tasty.. lol There is a beetle in the back of that flower there just hanging out.
Wonder what else I will see visit the flowers, I will try to capture everything I notice and share it in future posts.
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they really look awesome , fibrant color too lovely for macro
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Thanks! Yeah they do look real nice up close.
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I hope you are able to get some fruit from it. I remember well the cacti that my grandma used to have and always getting poked by them because I was a curious little kid fiddling around.
Me too, will do another post on them if they start ripening.
Hah yeah I have been poked many times by cacti.. no fun.
Ohhh!! 😍 The prickly pear or opuntia flower has bloomed, so pretty. I still don’t have this cactus 🌵 in my collection since it grows a lot and I hardly have any space for it.
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They sure are amazing, that sucks you cannot find any where you live. Do they not grow wild?
thanks man hope you have a good one too
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Such lovely flowers man.
Cacti are beautiful plants but their spikes are just too much 😭😭
Hah yeah those spines can get ya bad.. but they make up for it with pretty flowers..
Those are gorgeous!!!!
Sure are, I am quite happy with these cacti.
Damn those are some great pics. I love when the cacti flower
Me too, only open for a few days and looks amazing while they are blooming.
The flowers looks so beautiful with its yellowish colour.
Yeah it is quite the nice color.
I wonder if you can self pollinate them, like squash? I always used newspapers to handle them.
Maybe you can, but I see enough pollinators visiting them not to worry about doing that.
Hah that is not safe enough, I like to use metal tongs and shovels.. lol
I like to use metal tongs and shovels
I know you are serious, but thanks for the laugh. Leather gloves work, too.
The flowers look so beautiful, even with the seemingly rough and prickly exterior. This just got me thinking about how some humans have tough exterior but have big hearts within them.
Thanks for sharing these beauties with us.
Indeed, they can be rough on the outside but lovely when they bloom.
No problem, glad you liked the post.
Wow! I haven't seen cacti flowering as beautiful as this before! And actually, we never plant cacti in our garden, I'm not sure if they like our tropical climate. I just saw some small cacti in pots of a friend's garden and sometimes displayed in the office along with succulents but they aren't flowering.
Which variety is your cactus? It's very beautiful and bigger than those I have seen on table tops. Usually, table tops cacti are as small as my close fist.
Oh, I would think a tropical environment is fine for them. Some are really hardy. Ah yeah if the pots are too small they may not flower for a long time. Mine are in big baskets they all share the dirt in.
These are eastern prickly pears.
I see. Thanks a lot! This eastern prickly pear has a dual function: it can serve as both an ornament and a fruit-bearing plant.
They sure do.. looking forward to getting the fruit one day.
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What a lovely flowers ,this is so beautiful 😍
ah thanks much
The close up on the alone prickly pear… it’s like a universe onto itself! Marvelous
Indeed use of the macro lens really shows a whole new world.
The flowers of the Oriental pear tree appear to be in full bloom and their color is so beautiful that I find them beautiful. I am also fond of eating pear fruit.
They are only called pears, but they are cacti. Indeed they taste good if you remove the spines.
finally they bloomed, the aura is so beautiful and cheerful. may all turn into delicious fruits.
I hope so too.. looking forward to them ripening.
One of the best flowers I have seen
thanks, I think they are pretty amazing too.
It is quite a natural spectacle my brother, and to think that in unknown places there are millions of species of both flowers and all kinds of natural habitats, I love the perfection of nature.
I love how they look too.. quite amazing little plants.
They are really lovely, and so many of them! The red inside the yellow really makes it pop! They sure look a whole bunch better than last year. :))
Last I countered there was close to a hundred buds.. haha Yeah I love that red color inside, there is another prickly pear on the property that also has yellow flowers but no red.. so they must be different kinds.
Yeah they are quite happy with their new coco coir basket liners and fresh dirt.
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This flowers are really beautiful, with a shining vibrant yellow.. with such beauty I won't mind touching it despite the thorns/prick around it
Indeed, you can look but not touch.
Is it just me, or do their petals look like tiny bursts of sunshine?
Yeah I see what you mean, they are really cool looking petals.
They are a beautiful natural wonder.. My patch on Long Island are no where near being opened.
They sure are.. oh yeah you are a little north of me, so you may need to wait another week or so.
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