RHH's photos with the keyword: fouquieria

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.

Photographed along the Cactus Forest Drive in the Rincon Mountains District of Saguaro National Park, Arizona. The plant is a common desert plant, Ocotillo.

Taken along the Bull Pasture trail in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona. We hiked there late in the day.

I called this plant a cactus in one of my last posts. It is not a true cactus but a spiny shrub that looks like it is dead for most of the year but produces tiny leaves and flowers in the spring. Its stems, too, seen up close, are partly green. Also known as coachwhip, candlewood, slimwood, desert coral, Jacob's staff, it produces pink to red flowers. It is native to the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts of Mexico and the southwest USA. We saw some of them in bud in Big Bend National Park but none in flower.

I called this plant a cactus in one of my last posts. It is not a true cactus but a spiny shrub that looks like it is dead for most of the year but produces tiny leaves and flowers in the spring. Its stems, too, seen up close are partly green. Also known as coachwhip, candlewood, slimwood, desert coral, Jacob's staff, it produces pink to red flowers. It is native to the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts of Mexico and the southwest USA. We saw some of them in bud in Big Bend National Park but none in flower.

I called this plant a cactus in one of my last posts. It is not a true cactus but a spiny shrub that looks like it is dead for most of the year but produces tiny leaves and flowers in the spring. Its stems, too, seen up close, are partly green. Also known as coachwhip, candlewood, slimwood, desert coral, Jacob's staff, it produces pink to red flowers. It is native to the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts of Mexico and the southwest USA. We saw some of them in bud in Big Bend National Park but none in flower.

I called this plant a cactus in one of my last posts. It is not a true cactus but a spiny shrub that looks like it is dead for most of the year but produces tiny leaves and flowers in the spring. Its stems, too, seen up close, are partly green. Also known as coachwhip, candlewood, slimwood, desert coral, Jacob's staff, it produces pink to red flowers. It is native to the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts of Mexico and the southwest USA. We saw some of them in bud in Big Bend National Park but none in flower.

I called this plant a cactus in one of my last posts. It is not a true cactus but a spiny shrub that looks like it is dead for most of the year but produces tiny leaves and flowers in the spring. Its stems, too, seen up close, are partly green. Also known as coachwhip, candlewood, slimwood, desert coral, Jacob's staff, it produces pink to red flowers. It is native to the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts of Mexico and the southwest USA. We saw some of them in bud in Big Bend National Park but none in flower.

I called this plant a cactus in one of my last posts. It is not a true cactus but a spiny shrub that looks like it is dead for most of the year but produces tiny leaves and flowers in the spring. Its stems, too, seen up close, are partly green. Also known as coachwhip, candlewood, slimwood, desert coral, Jacob's staff, it produces pink to red flowers. It is native to the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts of Mexico and the southwest USA. We saw some of them in bud in Big Bend National Park but none in flower.

This was where we stayed the third night of our stay in Big Bend National Park, an area known as Ocotillo Grove, named for the tall branchy cacti that grow there.

Photographed on our hike to Burro Mesa, the cactus in front is a Blind Prickly Pear and the plant behind it is an Ocotillo. None of the cacti was saw were in flower, a bit of a disappointment.

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.

A bit to the southeast of the Cholla Garden in Joshua Tree National Park is the Ocotillo Patch, a large area of Ocotillo shrubs. Ocotillo, also known as coachwhip, candlewood, slimwood, desert coral, Jacob's staff, Jacob cactus, and vine cactus, is not a true cactus but a spiny shrub which reaches 10 meters (33 feet) in height and is which is mostly unbranched. These are the flowers.

A bit to the southeast of the Cholla Garden in Joshua Tree National Park is the Ocotillo Patch, a large area of Ocotillo shrubs. Ocotillo, also known as coachwhip, candlewood, slimwood, desert coral, Jacob's staff, Jacob cactus, and vine cactus, is not a true cactus but a spiny shrub which reaches 10 meters (33 feet) in height and is which is mostly unbranched. These are the flowers.

A bit to the southeast of the Cholla Garden in Joshua Tree National Park is the Ocotillo Patch, a large area of Ocotillo shrubs. Ocotillo, also known as coachwhip, candlewood, slimwood, desert coral, Jacob's staff, Jacob cactus, and vine cactus, is not a true cactus but a spiny shrub which reaches 10 meters (33 feet) in height and is which is mostly unbranched. These are the flowers.