Echinopsis chamaecereus is the official name for this cactus. “Peanut” comes from the small pods that if dislodged from the cactus will easily take root. We’re going to take this little cactus with us when we return to Arizona and re-plant it there. Click on the image to enlarge.
Today, April 23, 2011 is Mom’s ninety-first birthday! We drove to her house this morning and spent a couple of hours visiting. Verna took this picture of a geranium flower cluster on one of the bushes in Mom’s yard. Click on the image to enlarge.
We’re back in California for Easter weekend. When we arrived yesterday, we were surprised at how well the garden was doing with virtually no attention for over a month. The poppies were going crazy with their bright orange flowers. Click on the image to enlarge.
Spring has sprung in the desert! The high temperatures here over the past several days have been between 80 and 95 degrees and the cacti flowers have been popping open like crazy. This slideshow is a sample of the flowers that I have photographed over the past few days. You can pause the slideshow by rolling your mouse over the images and resume by rolling out.
Verna posted a photo of a flower that bloomed on our new cactus. When we planted the cactus, it had three flower buds on it.
Image: 3D Cactus Flowers. Click to enlarge.
Last night, the remaining two flowers opened up. This morning, I took a pair of photos this morning, hoping to make a 3D image of the flowers. This is the result.
Of course, you will need 3D glasses to view the red/cyan anaglyph. If you don’t have a pair of 3D glasses, you can view the 2D version here.
We were in the patio this afternoon when this sun bow appeared in the cirrus clouds low in the western sky. We can’t remember seeing any of these as vivid as this one when we were in California, Click on the image to enlarge.
