Sunday, September 16, 2012

Barrel Cactus Flowers and Fruit

Barrel cactus are pretty strange. They have both flowers and ripe fruit (the yellow colored pods) at the same time. The flowers bloom in the middle of the plant and then the fruit develops from the seed pod and as they ripen, they progressively move to the outside of the ring and eventually fall off or are eaten by animals. You see a lot of strange things in the desert if you are around for a while.

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