About one week ago I took a few images, showing flower buds on some of the plants. If Mother Nature does not send some really bad weather my way, some of the cacti will have numerous blossoms, including one Echinocereus dasyacanthus on which I counted seven flower buds!
So, here are the first images of the plants most likely to flower first too.
First the only member I have of Echinocereus chloranthus. This plant is very commonly encountered all around El Paso, Texas. While I do enjoy its prolific flowering and handsome spines, the blossoms are not overly attractive to me. However, it is a tough plants and probably the oldest in my collection.
![Image](http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f241/hegar/E_chloranthus1a-1.jpg)
The next image shows two Echinocereus coccineus plants, also a very common cactus found in our vicinity. It does produce nice clumps and long-lasting flowers. By the way, I shall be going to the Orogrande area this coming April 7th to view those magnificent natural hybrids once more. So be on the look-out for images in the "Cacti Places" section
![Image](http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f241/hegar/E_chloranthus1a-1.jpg)
![Image](http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f241/hegar/E_coccineus1bb.jpg)
The last image does show an Echinocereus dasyacanthus, also a very common plant found around here. It produces huge blossoms and has a beautiful spine color, but those blossoms only last a day or two.
![Image](http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f241/hegar/E_dasyacan1aa.jpg)
Well, this site is still not working correctly. So I do not know, if my post will be shown, but I do certainly hope so.
Harald