The morning of my birthday (the 22nd), we headed over to the Desert Botanical Garden, which we’re able to access for free, because we’re members of our local botanical garden. (Definite perk of that membership.)
It’s the late part of their wildflower season in April, though it apparently wasn’t a great wildflower year, because they didn’t get a ton of rain over the winter. However, the cactus were blooming, which was fascinating to see. Most of their flowers are pretty waxy, so they look almost fake. I did even manage to see some blooming saguaro cactus, though they were far enough off the trail, and up enough in height, that I don’t have great pictures. The pictures in the album are the more ground level cactus.