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Cactus flowers - halbert - 06-26-2025
SEVEN BLOOMS this year - these flowers live for one day. They will shrivel up by 4pm. (I entered wide maximums, but they didn't take, but at least in Brave, the pics resize to fit the window - let me know if you have problems seeing
![[Image: IMG_5996.jpeg?rlkey=ou50tfg6wde8yk9rdpwumus5f&dl=0]](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/scl/fi/jc6weohy131b65m6nvotw/IMG_5996.jpeg?rlkey=ou50tfg6wde8yk9rdpwumus5f&dl=0)
![[Image: IMG_5994.jpeg?rlkey=v287bfdih09tmcitniyqualps&dl=0]](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/scl/fi/b9la2nlvxd1ovjnjat01h/IMG_5994.jpeg?rlkey=v287bfdih09tmcitniyqualps&dl=0)
![[Image: IMG_5997.jpeg?rlkey=cizlri2pr339wo8h87ictltpq&dl=0]](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/scl/fi/tg2bz6vijokmszwim02l6/IMG_5997.jpeg?rlkey=cizlri2pr339wo8h87ictltpq&dl=0)
RE: Cactus flowers - Gilbert - 06-26-2025
Very nice! The pics show up Firefox without issue. What kind of cactus are they from?
RE: Cactus flowers - rgG-New - 06-26-2025
Very pretty.
They remind me a little of ice plant flowers.
RE: Cactus flowers - halbert - 06-27-2025
I have no idea - it started as a little ball and grew into a pile of prickly balls
(06-26-2025, 04:18 PM)Gilbert Wrote: Very nice! The pics show up Firefox without issue. What kind of cactus are they from?
RE: Cactus flowers - PeterB - 06-27-2025
Gorgeous! But if the flowers only live for a day, then I wonder what purpose they serve-- doesn't seem long enough for a pollinator to do anything with them?
RE: Cactus flowers - halbert - 06-27-2025
they were certainly getting attention from bees while they were open...
RE: Cactus flowers - PeterB - 06-28-2025
Yeah, reading about this, it seems that a day is long enough for the pollinators to get to it... especially the night pollinators. Amazing.