Prickly Pear Bloom

@wolfgirl569 (119707)
Marion, Ohio
July 21, 2025 5:58pm CST
It looks like I will have a couple more soon. They don't last very long. But are pretty while they last. We got the yard done. I did the weed whacking this morning as the grass was still damp. It finally dried off around 2 this afternoon. It didn't take me very long to get mine done. Dinner was hamburgers and macaroni and cheese. Easy but good. Now I just need to water plants and feed the chickens. Then I can play on my phone, color, crochet or work on my puzzle. Haven't decided yet. Hope you had a good day.
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@allknowing (149980)
• India
22 Jul
We had them years ago. Cacti blooms are exotic
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (119707)
• Marion, Ohio
22 Jul
They are
Four Walls
@FourWalls (76968)
• United States
22 Jul
Yum, hamburgers and mac & cheese! Lovely plants, indeed. Glad you got the yard work done.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (119707)
• Marion, Ohio
22 Jul
Perfect dinner.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (145128)
• Roseburg, Oregon
22 Jul
I just finished weed eating my yard. The weeds grew really fast.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (119707)
• Marion, Ohio
22 Jul
They grow too fast
Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (54213)
• Canada
22 Jul
They are very short-lived blooms, but beautiful and it is nice that you have more coming. I miss my plant that I had like that, but it was in the garden in our old home that we moved from.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (119707)
• Marion, Ohio
22 Jul
Like a day lily. There and then gone.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (154359)
• United States
22 Jul
Do you eat prickly pear pads? Mom used to clip some off a clump growing in a tub on our farm, peel them and cook them with some type of meat. The pads took on the flavor of the meat. They were delicious! Prickly pears are really delicious, too. (I always hated peeling the outer skin off but the pulp was worth the effort.) Hope you have a good night.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (154359)
• United States
22 Jul
@wolfgirl569 Mom had one of those oblong tubs filled with dirt and prickly pear cactus so didn't mind taking off enough for a meal once in a while.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (119707)
• Marion, Ohio
22 Jul
I only have a couple of good sized plants right now so haven't tried.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (119707)
• Marion, Ohio
15h
@DaddyEvil Maybe as I get more growing outside I will
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rakski
@rakski (144088)
• Philippines
22 Jul
pretty! We had that one when I was a child!
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (119707)
• Marion, Ohio
22 Jul
I enjoy it
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rakski
@rakski (144088)
• Philippines
15h
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snowy
@snowy22315 (193214)
• United States
17h
Sounds like you got a lot accomplished
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (119707)
• Marion, Ohio
15h
I did
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Anna
@LadyDuck (479675)
• Italy
22 Jul
Those flowers are pretty, do the cacti also produce the prickly pears?
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (119707)
• Marion, Ohio
22 Jul
They are supposed to produce fruit but I haven't had that yet. Of course last year I only had one flower.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (479675)
• Italy
22 Jul
@wolfgirl569 - I tried the fruits, but the taste is not interesting, bland.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (119707)
• Marion, Ohio
22 Jul
@LadyDuck DE says he loved them.
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Fleur
@Fleura (32074)
• United Kingdom
22 Jul
That's pretty. Do you eat the fruit?
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (119707)
• Marion, Ohio
22 Jul
It hasn't fruited yet for me to try
Baconstripsxxx
@BACONSTRIPSXXX (15521)
• Torrington, Connecticut
22 Jul
Do they die completely?
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (119707)
• Marion, Ohio
15h
If it gets pollinated it will produce a fruit. But as I only have the one bloom it probably won't
Jessica
@JESSY3236 (20789)
• United States
23h
pretty cacti. I painted a second color on my boyfriend's diamond painting. I hope to frame the diamond painting tomorrow.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (119707)
• Marion, Ohio
15h
Hope you get it done
Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (3448)
• United Kingdom
22 Jul
Wow, they are amazing.. I have grown several cacti from seed but never had a single flower on them.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (119707)
• Marion, Ohio
22 Jul
These get fruit on them too. I haven't had that yet
LindaOH
@LindaOHio (195460)
• United States
22 Jul
So pretty. I think I told you that I've always wanted a cactus plant. No place to put it though.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (119707)
• Marion, Ohio
22 Jul
These are supposed to be cold hardy. I planted some outside this spring to see how they do.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (119707)
• Marion, Ohio
32m
@LindaOHio The ones in the picture I do. If the others survive this winter I will plant those somewhere. Then I will just bring cuttings in each year that I start.
LindaOH
@LindaOHio (195460)
• United States
4h
@wolfgirl569 Do you bring them in during the winter time?
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