Ferocactus latispinus Flower Extravaganza

This is the extended footage of the blooming season for these cactus plants. The Ferocactus latispinus is one of the smallest in the genus and yet the flowers are a vivid purple or pinkish in color. These little cactus barrels display their shiny flower buds during the late fall, just about the time that most of the other Ferocactus species have slowed down or gone dormant. All of the plants in this video are, in taxonomy terms, considered to be of the nominate (same name) subspecies, which is the more c