The brown on the darker green buds have opened earlier. The darker green buds is the fruit and
when the fruit is ripe, will turn red and burst open showing the red pulp inside with the tiny seeds.
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| "Blooming-Saguaros-2Jun07-email_edited" Photo Courtesy of Ted Codding |
The flowers are white during the bloom. They are brown here above the green fruit.
The red looking flower is actually the ripe fruit after it splits open.
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| bizarre_cristate2062 Photo courtesy of Joe Orman |