The Prickly Pear blooms were gone in 5 days

When I took Felicity’s photo in early May, the cactus was covered in blooms. 5 days later most of the blooms were gone, leaving the pears to ripen for jelly. It will be a brave chef that will remove them once they are ripe to make that jelly. I’m not that chef, lol.

[Bep]

Lovely collage.

[Peter]

Very brave young lady and beautifully captured Lou Ann:)

[Carole Sandford]

Short lived, but pretty!

[Sharon Lee]

very pretty 5 days

[Debra]

Very pretty

[katy]

what a difference~

[Kerri Michaels]

nice

[Milanie]

That didn't take long! I wonder how one does handle those prickly pears - I know I've accidently bumped one in Colorado and still remember how they hurt.

[Ron]

Wow, that was quick! I like the one with Felicity better!

[Ingrid]

Lovely collage! I still love the picture with Felicity and her red shirt - it really pops!

[Diana]

Lovely shots of both blooms and pears. We call them cactus figs for some reason, they don't have quite as many thorns as yours.

[Babs]

I think you may need a suit of armour to get the fruit of the prickly pear.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oooh they are fab!

[Valerie Chesney]

Beautiful while they bloomed

[Jacqueline]

Lovely shots!

[CC Folk]

Lovely! I just got out of the car and took some photos of the large prickly Pear cactus down the street. I still remember floating down the river in San Antonio and having a wonderful dinner and prickly pear margarita! It was heaven…