RHH's photos with the keyword: echinocereus

A Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus flower photographed in the Geiser Conservatory at Manito City Park, Spokane.

This Claret-cup Cactus was photographed in Lost Canyon in the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, while hiking there with my wife and oldest daughter. These beautiful cacti are native to the American southwest and are found in several varieties there. I've included in the inserts a photo of the plant and a photo, taken by my wife, of myself photographing the plant and flowers.

Photographed along the Lost Canyon trail in the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, Utah.

The lady is our oldest daughter and the guy on the ground is me photographing a clump of Claret-cup Cactus we found on our Lost Canyon Hike in Canyonlands National Park, Utah.

Photographed in Hidden Canyon in the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, this is, I believe the Claret Cup Cactus.

Also known as the Hedgehog Cactus, the Claret Cups were in bloom when we were in Canyonlands National Park, some of them covered with flowers. This example was photographed on a long day hike in Lost Canyon in the Needles District.

Here is another example of the Claret Cup or Hedgehog Cactus, this photographed on a hike to Corona Arch, a hike that started at the Potash Road north of Moab, Utah.

This photo was taken In the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park in Utah last spring. My wife and I spent a few days in the park on our way to Texas and Big Bend National Park where we hiked, camped and backpacked with our oldest daughter. The cactus is the Claret Cup Cactus.

Photographed near our campsite at Nine Point Draw in Big Bend National Park this specimen of the Texas Rainbow Cactus was especially colorful.

Photographed at Nine Point Draw, our last campsite in Big Bend National Park, there are two cacti in the photo, the Texas Rainbow Cactus and Engelmann's Prickly Pear.

Our last campsite in Big Bend National Park was at Nine Point Draw. We drove there earlier in the day and wandered around the area for a while. We had intended to hike nearby but the weather was threatening rain. In the end we drove back to the Chisos Basin and hiked there. This is a fine specimen of the Strawberry Pitaya or Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus photographed along the Dagger Flat Auto Trail. The dagger-like plant behind it is Lechugilla another desert succulent and the bush is Manzanita or Chaparral.

I wish I could have seen these in bloom. They are Strawberry Pitaya cacti photographed in Big Bend National Park near Boquillas Canyon.

This, if I am not mistaken, is the Claret Cup Cactus, named for its beautiful flowers and photographed in the Chisos Mountains of Big Bend National Park.

These two cacti were photographed along the Laguna Meadow trail in the Chisos Mountains of Big Bend National Park. The Cactus on the left is Echinocereus coccineus, the Claret Cup Cactus and the larger cactus on the right is Opuntia engelmannii, Engelmann's Prickly Pear. The insets are also of these cacti and others.

These were blooming in the Hidden Valley area of Joshua Tree National Park when we photographed them. They were the most attractive of all the cacti we saw, in or out of bloom.

These Mojave Mound Cactus were, in our opinion, the most attractive of the different cacti we saw in bloom in Joshua Tree National Park.

These were the most impressive and beautiful of all the cacti we saw in Joshua Tree National Park. They were photographed in the Hidden Valley area of the park.

This is a single flower (and fruit) of the Mojave Mound Cactus, Echinocereus mojavensis, one of the most beautiful cacti we saw in Joshua Tree National Park.