When nothing else survives, the cactus plant stands out. These cacti are no ordinary desert dwellers, as these toughest desert plants have one of the most colorful and beautiful displays of flowers.
There are 10 flowering cacti featured in this stamp series by the US Postal Service Cactus Flower Forever Stamp series:
- Opuntia engelmannii - Prickly Pear cactus
- Rebutia minuscula - a cactus from Northern Argentina
- Echinocereus dasyacanthus - Texas Rainbow cactus
- Echinocereus poselgeri - Dahlia cactus
- Echinocereus coccineus - Scarlet Hedgehog cactus
- Pelecyphora aselliformis - Hatchet cactus
- Parodia microsperma - Golden Tom Thumb cactus
- Echinocactus horizonthalonius - Turk's Head cactus
- Thelocactus heterochromus - Thelocactus
- Parodia scopa - Silver Ball cactus