More desert blooms

In the month of May, the saguaro deck themselves in dozens of white blossoms.  They look like they are wearing flower crowns and carrying white bouquets in their arms.  It is a pretty incredible sight to see - in the desert, in front yards, along landscaped roadsides.

I think this is a barrel cactus


In Cave Creek, we found an unusual prickly pear with elongated, pointed leaves rather than the regular oval ones

And, in our very own front yard, this is emerging from a very pointy leaf plant (maybe a type of agave?)  I will keep you updated with it's blooming progress

Remember this little guy that I planted last fall?  Well, sometime in late fall, it dropped all its little bulb protrusions (see second photo) and I feared it would be plain forever more.  But, here it is creating new bulb protrusions and even some little blossoms on its head.  And maybe the little dropped bulbs will eventually develop roots???