RHH's photos with the keyword: spendens

This is a young stem of an Ocotillo plant. Ocotillo is common in parts of the desert southwest of the United States and Mexico. It is not a cactus though many identify it as such. This example was photographed along the Hellhole Canyon trail in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

Most of the Ocotillo we saw in southern California were not in bloom, but near Mastodon Peak in Joshua Tree National Park we found a few plants blooming.

Ocotillo is a desert plant of the American southwest but is not a cactus. This Ocotillo was photographed in Joshua Tree National Park at the Ocotillo Patch, an area where hundreds of these grow. The mountains in the background are the Hexie Mountains. Most of the Ocotillos were blooming when we visited, but this was not.

These are the leaves and stems of the Ocotillo shrub, photographed in Joshua Tree National Park at the Ocotillo Patch, an area where many of these strange plants grow. Most of the year the plants are leafless but after some rain they will put out small leaves.

.Ocotillo is a desert plant of the American southwest but is not a cactus. This Ocotillo was photographed in Joshua Tree National Park at the Ocotillo Patch, an area where hundreds of these grow. The mountains in the background are the Hexie Mountains. Most of the Ocotillos were blooming when we visited.