8/1/14

Wow, it's August already.  Time flies these days.  This is an image of this years bloom of our Barrel Cactus at work.  It usually blooms once a year and has 1 or 2 blooms.  2 years ago it put out 3 blooms and then last year didn't bloom at all.  I guess it had to rest from the show.  :-)  I photographed this years bloom against the window and I liked the blank background it gave it.  The flower is about 6 inches in length and the long tube part is hollow all the way down to the cactus body.