Ocotillo on top of Saguaro
Fouquieria splendens
Post: Breakfast Ridge - Pusch Ridge Wilderness - Arizona
The waxy, red, tubular flowers attract hummingbirds, carpenter bees, house finches and other birds and insects. The woody stems are a good way to tell if the soil is dry or recharged by rain. This stem indicates the soil is wet because of its green, leafy sheath. When soils are dry, the stems are leafless, gray and thorny.
Fouquieria splendens
Post: Breakfast Ridge - Pusch Ridge Wilderness - Arizona
The waxy, red, tubular flowers attract hummingbirds, carpenter bees, house finches and other birds and insects. The woody stems are a good way to tell if the soil is dry or recharged by rain. This stem indicates the soil is wet because of its green, leafy sheath. When soils are dry, the stems are leafless, gray and thorny.