The flowers

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Cultivated crawling devil cactus flowering in a garden in Arizona in 2005". Photographed by Laurence A.J. Garvie.

   

  A small flowering bud of the crawlign devil  cactus.
   

A large flowering bud of the crawling devil cactus expected to open the next night

   

  Fruits of Opuntia sp. on Isla Santa  
Margarita on the Pacific coast of Baja California
   

Flowers of Opuntia sp. on Isla Santa Margarita on the Pacific coast of Baja California

   

 Flowers of Pitaya agria starting to open  
early at night; it is the closest relative of the crawling devil cactus, whose flowers are not yet available.
   

 An open flower of Pitaya agria in the early morning; it is the closest relative of the crawling devil cactus, whose flower is not yet available.

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Version:May 2006

 

 

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