Cactus Blooms in Texas Herald Spring
Dina Arevalo | Valley Morning StarVibrant spots of color amid the brush-lined paths of Hugh Ramsey Nature Park in Harlingen — seen Monday, March 19, 2012 — herald the arrival of spring. The spots are mostly lemon yellow against the verdant backdrop, but in hidden corners the rare prickly pear cactus displays bright red blossoms with fiery hints of orange and pink seemingly set ablaze in the glow of afternoon sunlight.
Those are some gorgeous colors there in that there cactus bloom prickly pear flower. I’m impressed and I see a lot of prickly pear cactus flower bloom inflorescences. I wonder where this Harlingen, Texas is? Let’s us all go and visit since it’s cold and rainy here and it’s partly sunny and 90 right now in Harlingen, Texas. Although they do have the chance of thunderstorms tonight, so let’s not stay too long.
Yucca getting ready to bloom in Harlingen, Texas.
Aloe blooms at sunset in Harlingen, Texas.
And my favorite from the City of Harlingen’s own website:
Harlingen Thicket
Amenities: 40-acre tract of native brush in the city center, restrooms, parking, and extensive trails.
That’s a mighty fine stand of cactus.
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March 31st, 2012 at 5:37 pm
I used to live near Harlingen!
Most of the lower Rio Grande Valley doesn’t look like those pictures. It’s more a sort of dusty, mesquite-dotted tediousness, punctuated by palm trees, orange groves, and retirement communities.
Or it was in the late 1980s. I suppose things are probably different now.
April 1st, 2012 at 9:03 am
Maybe it’s even dustier now.
April 1st, 2012 at 2:37 pm
I’m the photographer that took the photo of the prickly pear blossom. Most of South Texas does look like these photos. Lots of suburban neighborhoods in a semi-tropical temperate zone. right now, everything is blooming (despite the ongoing drought)… purple sage, prickly pear, button cactus, yucca, and all sorts of drought and heat tolerant native flowering trees. It’s called the Magic Valley for a reason… because practically anything will grow here.