RHH's photos with the keyword: cylindropuntia

I believe this is Gander's Cholla. It was photographed along the Hellhole Canyon trail in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

We left Joshua Tree National Park this morning and are now in Flagstaff, Arizona, hoping to see some of the Sedona area. We spent tree nights in Joshua Tree, did a lot of hiking in areas we had not seen before and enjoyed the warm weather and sunshine. The photo is of an area in the Tonto Basin where thousands of Teddy-bear Cholla grow, and which is known as the Cholla Garden. Tis Cholla is also known as the Jumping Cholla, since sections of the cactus very easily come loose and lodge themselves in arms and legs.

Photographed in the botanic gardens at the visitors' center in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

When we were in Big Bend National Park in Texas a year ago the Tree Chollas were just starting to bloom, this one just off the Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive.

Photographed in Organ Pipe National Monument, Arizona, along the Bull Pasture Trail in the Ajo Mountains.

Photographed late in the day along the Bull Pasture Trail in the Ajo Mountains of Organ Pipe National Monument on the Arizona-Mexico border.

Photographed along he Bull Pasture trail in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.

The Cane Cholla was a common cactus in Big Bend National Park and always a delight to see with its strange form and beautiful fruits. This example was photographed near the Homer Wilson Ranch when we hiked there.

This one of the edible fruits of the Cane Cholla, a cactus we photographed often Big Bend National Park, this example near the Homer Wilson Ranch, a former sheep ranch, now part of the park.

Photographed near the Homer Wilson Ranch in Bend National Park, these are the spines of the Cane Cholla.

This Cane Cholla was photographed along the trail to the Homer Wilson Ranch, the buildings of the ranch visible in the valley.

These photos are of two Chollas we saw on our hike to Balanced Rock. This is the Cane Cholla, a large cactus with wicked spines. The insets show a photo of the whole plant as well as a photo of the Christmas Cholla. On another note, we are under a stay at home order here, but that does allow us to get out for groceries and other necessities and for hiking which we did yesterday in the Channeled Scablands west of our home.

This is the Christmas Cholla, another cactus we photographed on our hike to Balanced Rock in Big Bend National Park in Texas.

This is the Cane Chollas, a tall upright cactus, photographed in Big Bend National Park in Texas.

The fruits of the Jumping Cholla are edible and cattle are reported to love them, braving the spines to get at them. These were photographed at Cholla Cactus Garden in Joshua Tree National Park.

This is a flower bud of the Jumping Cholla cactus, photographed at the Cholla Cactus Garden in Joshua Tree National Park. The garden is not really a garden at all but a large area filled with these cacti.

This photo and the two insets show the flowers, a flower bud and the fruits of the Jumping Cholla Cactus, so called because the sections are easily detached and seem at times to "jump" onto one's shoes and clothes. The spines, as Jim has pointed out, can penetrate leather, so it is a very uncomfortable plant to be around.

Emerging from Wilson Canyon on the Pinto Basin Road in Joshua Tree National Park we came to a huge area covered with Jumping Cholla cactus known as the Cholla Garden. This photo was taken there against the background of the Hexie Mountains.