Gallery 4-3 - Cactus, Flowers and Prickly Things

Can you hug a cactus? Many of them seem cute, almost huggable. And some even have cute names, like "teddy bear cholla", or "queen of the night". Their blossoms are often magnificent, with a riot of colors and shapes varying from the incredibly ornate to the simply improbable. We feature some of them here, together with agaves, aloes, yuccas and other pointed plants. We recommend that you hug just the art. Both you and the prickly things will be happier. Digitography is made for flowers and plants. Take a look. Be sure and check our other galleries as well; they overlap a little.

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◄ Prickly Bouquet

Prickly Bouquet© grows under an old palo verde in the Sonoran desert. The bouquet is from a flowering trichocereus, one of the wonders of the cactus world. Each bloom lasts only a day; here, unexplainably, four blooms spread for us on the same day. Tomorrow they will be gone. Edition size: 49 small; 11 large; artist: Sherry Shamroth.

Red Beauty

Red Beauty ▲

Red Beauty© shows a profusion of night-opening trichocereus flowers. The flowers appear in mid-spring in a wide number of colors. The flowers are often much larger than the medium size cactus on which they appear…sometimes as much as 6 inches across. Enjoy them now; by noon they will be gone. Edition size: 24 small; 24 large; artist: Sherry Shamroth.

Serenity ►

Serenity©. It is said that possession is nine-tenths of the law, and this small lizard that has taken possession of all the bugs landing on this flowering cholla should be very pleased with himself. In fact, it seems as though he is about to break into a sly smile for us. Edition size: 39 small; 15 large; artist: Laurie Larwood.

Simply Elegant ►

Simply Elegant©. What is it about the trichocereus? It doesn’t want to flower at all during the fall or the winter, no matter what the weather. Just another cactus. But then, sometime around April, they all effortlessly burst out with enormous multiple blooms. The gorgeous blooms pictured here are each nearly six inches wide. Edition size: 49 small; 29 large; artist: Sherry Shamroth.

Sitting Pretty ▼

Sitting Pretty©. This Arizona white-winged dove seems to be perched enjoying the serenity of its surroundings. The flowers below appear to reflect and brighten the dove’s chest. Meanwhile her colors blend subtly with the background and the iron post she has chosen to rest on. Edition size: 29 small; 19 large; artist: Laurie Larwood.

Sitting Pretty

Spring Flowers ►

Spring Flowers©. It’s springtime! The palo verdes are flush with densely-packed yellow blossoms. The ocotillos are blooming red and orange even though they have yet to show their leaves. Soon the prickly pear will burst out with its yellow and red flowers. Meanwhile, a road runner seems oblivious to nature’s profusion. But he seems secretly proud to be here. Edition size: 49 small; 35 large; artist: Sherry Shamroth.

◄ Tapped Out

Tapped Out©. We can’t figure out why this brilliant gila woodpecker doesn’t fall off the giant saguaro (no, we didn’t glue him on). For several minutes, he clung to the cactus as though considering his next move. Then suddenly, with a flicker of wings, he was gone. Edition size: 49 small; 39 large; artist: Laurie Larwood.

Warm Spring ►

Warm Spring©. Apache Trail is a dry stretch of dirt stretching for miles along the northern edge of Arizona’s Superstition Mountains. Generally the flowers are pretty, but meager. Seeds of the gold Mexican poppies hold their fire until a wet winter is followed by a warm, damp spring. On those occasions a vast profusion of flowers springs up to carpet the desert. This is real Arizona gold. Edition size: 49 small; 39 large; artist: Laurie Larwood.

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