Cactus flowerpics

DeltaRed · Jun 14, 2011

saw this flowering cactus on the edge of a hayfield today

big fred · Jun 14, 2011

Beautiful flowers. I often suspect cactus flowers are making up for their surroundings.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 14, 2011

nice flower but is it really that dry down there to see cactus I thought those were in the desert. Well if things go good up here for me gonna have to come and see for myself, dont be surprised if you hear some scratchen at the door some day

DeltaRed · Jun 14, 2011

Yes,we are that dry.only 4 to 6" annual rainfall.we are a 'high desert' at 5000 feet.Our valley is the dryest spot in the state of Colorado

bison · Jun 14, 2011

What the heck do people live off there,Looks like one needs 6000 acre to feed a cow there

DeltaRed · Jun 14, 2011

WE irrigate EVERYTHING.pastures ,crops ,lawns....the dry barren wasteland is just that.

Fullers Farmalls · Jun 14, 2011

Im in Tucson for the summer. And have been working at a mine doing a lot of outside work. I have no idea how anything grows out here. And I hate those "jumping" cactus. They hurt like heck. They do have beautiful flowers though.

DeltaRed · Jun 14, 2011

"Come on down!"

4020deereboy · Jun 15, 2011

Do you guys have smart phones that post pics all the time i have to send pic to email file it then download it then post it I would never get anything done if I put that many pics on here

Anonymous-0 · Jun 15, 2011

(quoted from post at 06:05:12 06/15/11) Do you guys have smart phones that post pics all the time i have to send pic to email file it then download it then post it I would never get anything done if I put that many pics on here

have a phone that takes pics but dont know how to use it. I just use the camera and down load, it does not take long once i learned how to do it

bison · Jun 15, 2011

Reminds me of S Alberta,damm trees would chase a dogs there.

Dblair · Jun 15, 2011

after looking at a lot of your pictures , I had to look up your climate 7.92 average rainfall and it's fairly cool to . It must be hard to raise a crop of that good looking hay and expensive too. that makes a cow cost a lot doesn't it ?

big fred · Jun 15, 2011

I've always thought the yucca was the worst. Leaves sharp as a sword blade. Always seem to get stuck by one or two every time we visit our vacation home.

Mike (WA) · Jun 15, 2011

Or as my dad used to say, "herd has to graze at 40 miles an hour to keep from starvin' to death."

Mike (WA) · Jun 15, 2011

Pretty flowers, but I don't know why the cactus bother with making them- the bees all starved to death years ago!

As you said below, everything is irrigated in that country- and one day, they'll run out of water. I guess at that point, it just all goes back to desert, pretty much over night.

skycarp · Jun 16, 2011

This is a Hedgehog cactus that volunteered next to my walkway. The flowers are a very light pink and about the size of a quarter. The first picture is of a small single in full bloom, the second is of a larger cluster getting ready to bloom. I have seven different types of cacti here on the place, each blooms at a different time of June. All are late this year. I am at 5000 feet in Southern Utah, at the edge of Pinion and Juniper forest.

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