Sunday morning cactus flower

[ellarien]

One of my neighbors has a collection of potted cacti standing on the gravel outside their apartment. I don't know how allowed this is, but they've been there a while without apparent problems. One of them produced a flower this morning -- fragile, vivid pink. It had three at once a few weeks ago, but they were already a bit wilted by the time I got to them -- not as ephemeral as the white cereus, but not designed for the long haul.

Forecast temperature today in Tucson is 108F. I'm glad I'm off to Colorado for a bit!