The native Prickly Pear cactus (Opuntia engelmannii) are blooming in the North end of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve and it looks like we’re going to have multiple blooms on many of them.
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Opuntia engelmannii
Happy Valentine’s Day! This heart is courtesy of a Javelina (Collared Peccary). They love chomping on fresh new pads of the Prickly Pear cactus. If they take a little nip in just the right place, sometimes we’re treated to a pad or two in the shape of a heart. It’s hard to get upset with these animals even when they overturn every one of my Cactus looking for fresh roots!
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