Blooms In Thorns

"PEOPLE TRAMPLE OVER FLOWERS YET ONLY TO EMBRACE A CACTUS"
                                                                                    - JAMES JOYCE

Widely, cactus is not considered an attractive plant coz of its succulent leafless body coupled with thorns. But  this plant produces one of the most beautiful flowers.
There are about 1750 known species of this desert plant.
Few of them are

1. Easter Cactus(Hatiora gaertneri)
Flowering :Late Spring

2. Christmas cactus(Schlumbergera sps.)
Flowering : May month

3. Rats tail cactus(Discocactus flagelliformis)
Flowering: Blooms in spring

4. Orchid cactus(Epiphyllum sps.)
Flowering: Late winter to early spring

5. Claret cup flower(Echinocereus triglochidiatus)
Flowering: Late spring

6. Organ pipe cactus(Stenocereus thurberi)
Flowering: Months of April,May and June.

7. Globe cactus(Mammillaria sps.)
Flowering: In summer

8. Chin cactus(Gymnocalycium baldianum)
Flowering: Late April to early October

9. Saguaro sps.
Flowering: April to June