Desert Cactus story

As I mentioned earlier, my plant is still alive!  And it bloomed!  Pictures as promised...

This is a desert cactus...

It's not all prickly like most cacti, it's actually quite nice.

When the buds start, they look like this...

Hard to see, but they're the two tiny pink dots at the end of the leaf.

Bud gets bigger...

and bigger...

and bigger still...

Then....

it turns into this...

Isn't it magnificent?!?

There are several more buds on the plant already.  I wonder how long the blooms will last...

Thanks so much Tina!