Prickly pear cactus flower

I don’t think I did any portraits of prickly pear cactus flowers in 2019. This picture from April 28 along Park Road 4 in Burnet County makes up for that omission. The species is Opuntia engelmannii but I’m not positive about the variety; I’m leaning toward var. engelmannii. Let’s hope I don’t lean too far because I don’t want to get prickly pear glochids and spines in my skin.

© 2020 Steven Schwartzman