RHH's photos with the keyword: fulgida

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

The taller cacti are, of course, Saguaros, the shorter the Chain Fruit Cholla. The photograph was taken along the Bull Pasture trail in the Ajo Mountains of southern Arizona and in Organ Pipe Cactus National Park.

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.