Our prickly pear cactus – Opuntia ficus-indica or Barbary fig – is flowering again, testimony to its capacity for surviving the many cars that bump into its pot on the pavement outside our front door. The plant is only 4 years old, grown from a leaf that we rooted and planted, so it’s unlikely to bear fruit, but for a short time each summer the flowers are beautiful.
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So beautiful. We also planted some in our olives last year, but no flowers yet 😦
Beautiful shots too, what a stunning yellow flower that tough little plant has! c
Excellent flowers – I’ve never tried prickly pear – something to look forward to 😉
Cacti in bloom fascinate me. I find the blooms so beautiful and striking, given the “circumstances.” You may never enjoy its fruit but these flowers sure are pretty to look at.