Cactus Blooming - 2016

Cactus Blooming In The Desert - 2016 Photograph taken near the El Paso Museum of Archaeology a museum which presents information about the prehistory of the area surrounding El Paso, Texas. The museum is located at 4301 Woodrow Bean Transmountain Dr, El Paso, TX 79924

Area: Northeast / Castner Heights

Source: EPMA

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Claret Cup Cactus

Echinocereus triglochidiatus (Claret Cup Cactus) is a species of hedgehog cactus known by several common names, including Kingcup cactus, Claretcup, and Mojave mound cactus. This cactus is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

Area: Northeast / Franklin Mountains

Source: El Paso Museum of History

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Barrel Cactus with Poppies

Mexican Gold Poppies are the plant that is most responsible for the brilliant wildflower displays that carpet the desert. The magnitude of these blooms, which usually occur between late February and mid-April, depend upon winter conditions and rainfall. Gold poppies are winter annuals and typically grow on rocky slopes, plains & foothills below 4500 feet. The Mexican Gold Poppy (Escholtzia mexicana) is named after Dr. Eschscholtz a Russian surgeon & naturalist. Flowers are bright yellow to orange with four petals which form a cup about 1 ½" wide. Flowers grow on a single stalk and remain open only in full sunlight. The plants grow to about 16" and have fernlike leaves about 2 ½" in length.

Creator: El Paso Museum of Archaeology

Area: Northeast / Franklin Mountains

Source: El Paso Museum of Archaeology

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Cactus Blooming In The Desert - 2016

Cactus Blooming In The Desert - 2016 Photograph taken near the El Paso Museum of Archaeology a museum which presents information about the prehistory of the area surrounding El Paso, Texas. The museum is located at 4301 Woodrow Bean Transmountain Dr, El Paso, TX 79924

Area: Northeast / Castner Heights

Source: EPMA

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

Cactus Blooming - 2016

Cactus Blooming In The Desert - 2016 Photograph taken near the El Paso Museum of Archaeology a museum which presents information about the prehistory of the area surrounding El Paso, Texas. The museum is located at 4301 Woodrow Bean Transmountain Dr, El Paso, TX 79924

Area: Northeast / Castner Heights

Source: EPMA

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

Cactus Blooming - 2016

Cactus Blooming In The Desert - 2016 Photograph taken near the El Paso Museum of Archaeology a museum which presents information about the prehistory of the area surrounding El Paso, Texas. The museum is located at 4301 Woodrow Bean Transmountain Dr, El Paso, TX 79924

Area: Northeast / Castner Heights

Source: EPMA

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

Field of Poppies and Barrel Cactus

Field of blooming poppies, along with a barrel cactus at Caster Range, El Paso, Texas.

Area: Northeast / Franklin Mountains

Source: El Paso Archaeology Museum

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

Eagle Claw Cactus

The Eagle Claw Cactus, found in the Franklin Mountains, is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, specifically in Chihuahuan Desert and Sonoran Deserts.

Creator: El Paso Museum of Archaeology

Area: Northeast / Franklin Mountains

Source: El Paso Museum of Archaeology

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Blooming Haystack Cactus

The Haystack Cactus, found in the Franklin Mountains, gets its name from its distinctive haystack shape.

Image Description: This picture shows the Blooming Haystack Cactus in the Chihuahuan Desert. The blooms on the cactus are a vibrant pink, and stand out in stark contrast the desert floor as well as the sharp spikes of the cactus.

Creator: El Paso Museum of Archaeology

Area: Northeast / Franklin Mountains

Source: El Paso Museum of Archaeology

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Mansoon Bloom

The Mansoon cactus can be found in the Franklin Mountains.

Creator: El Paso Museum of Archaeology

Area: Northeast / Franklin Mountains

Source: El Paso Museum of Archaeology

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Prickly Pear Cactus Bloom

The Prickly Pear Cactus, found in the Franklin Mountains, can be found in all of the southwestern deserts. It is know for its food products, as well as health benefits.

Creator: El Paso Museum of Archaeology

Area: Northeast / Franklin Mountains

Source: El Paso Museum of Archaeology

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Franklin Mountain Cactus

Image of a flowering cactus along the northeast ridge of the Franklin Mountain range in El Paso, Texas (2009).

Area: Northeast / Franklin Mountains

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Borderland - Cactus

Borderland Cactus located in El Paso, Texas.

Area: Upper Valley / Borderland

Source: El Paso Museum of History

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Cactus flowers

Cactus blooming near the Archaeology Museum.

Area: Northeast / Franklin Mountains

Source: El Paso Archaeology Museum

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Cactus hit by freeze

We lost these cactus in the big freeze several years ago, but they still make an interesting pattern.

Area: Mission Valley / Richard Lee

Source: Vann

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Pincushion cactus blooming

This cactus blooms on long stalks that are much taller than the actual cactus.

Area: Mission Valley / Richard Lee

Source: Vann

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Cactus Pictures from Gardens in El Paso

Pictures of Cacti in our backyard in El Paso during the last few years.

Area: Northeast / Franklin Mountains

Source: peter beste

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The famous Queen of the Night cactus flower

The flower of the Queen of the Night opens cactus one night in early June.

Area: Northeast / Franklin Mountains

Source: peter beste

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Our native Claret Cup cactus in bloom

A Claret Cup cactus clump in our back yard - El Paso, Texas.

Area: Northeast / Franklin Mountains

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