Friday Floral – Bishops Cap

This week I chose to share the cactus flower on the Bishops Cap cactus for my Friday Floral post.  Bishops Cap (Astrophytum myriostigma) is on the endangered species list and is native to Mexico.  The first time I saw this cactus it reminded me of a pincushion.

All three of these images were made at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona.  You may click on each of the images below to see a larger view.

 

Prints available at TBecker Photos

Monsoon at Mormon Lake

Happy Friday!  I am always honored and humbled when one of my photos is used in a gallery on the Arizona Highways Magazine blog.  The image below along with 52 other images are in the gallery this week for Friday Fotos: Arizona’s Spectacular Monsoon Storms.

“Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.”
Author Unknown

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Monsoon storm just before sunset at Mormon Lake near Flagstaff, AZ.