Beautiful cactus! That Ocotillo is wonderful:).

The Ocotillo were all very green, due to the rains - they usually are not this lush. The cholla had lots of buds on top, but none were open yet. I've had cholla in pots very decades and do not remember flowers, however. I must be doing something wrong.

Thanks for the ID's of the cactus! The Ferocactus were very abundant and covered some of the hills. The Mammillaria were not so abundant, but I did see quite a few of them. I believe the Prickly Pear is called Beavertail or Opuntia basilaris.

The park web site now has much better photos than the ones I took. If you are in the neighborhood, be sure to visit.

Beautiful pics Lars! Thanks

So I take it the superblooms only occur when there has been an abnormally high rainfall?

Yes, the superblooms occur only when there has been more than normal rainfall, but this pertains mostly to the wildflowers instead of cacti and succulents, although they also bloom more profusely with more rain. The last superbloom before this one was in 2005, and that year Death Valley had floods, and Manley Lake became a lake again, briefly.