Friday, May 4, 2012

"Easter Lily"

It was an incredible day at the Desert Botanical Garden yesterday...I just happened to arrive on a day when numerous night blooming cactus decided to show their blossoms off to visitors with their stunning, yet ever so brief appearance of less than 24 hours.  They bloom in the dark, and are at their best at daybreak, starting to fade as the morning sun shines on them, til by mid-afternoon or so they are mere shadows of their former selves as they hang shriveled and forlorn from cactus arms.

The blossom below is called an "Easter Lily" - an echinopsis hybrid that comes in various colors.





13 comments:

  1. Pam this is just gorgeous! Love the color of this and looks as if you have captured this lovely night bloomer at just the perfect time of its short life.

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  2. Pam, this is beautiful!
    My husband gave me a pink one for Easter.
    Wishing you a wonderful weekend!

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  3. Stunning color! Thanks so much for linking up with Flower Art Friday!

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  4. How beautiful, lovely lovely color!!

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  5. That is just gorgeous! The colors in that photo are amazing.

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  6. It's beautiful! I don't know that I could have got up at the crack of dawn to get the shot!

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  7. Beautiful! Thanks for being at the right place at the right time for us all!

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  8. Such a lovely photo, and a beautiful shade of orange! That's very cool that you were there at the right moment, and that you shared it with us. Thanks!

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  9. Pam.... what a lovely, lovely photo. The prettiest shade of orange!

    You do know how to capture those glimpses!

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  10. Pam this is gorgeous! Oh how I wish I could pop by the desert botanical gardens. Bet that is totally awesome!

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Pam