Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Ocotillo, the Skinny Cactus


 Another plant that is blooming right now is the Ocotillo, the prickly plant with long thin branches.  In my title I called it a cactus but apparently it is more related to tea than it is to cactus.  

Those long, skinny legs get clusters of orangish-red blooms on them at this time of year.














Here are a couple of closer looks at those brightly colored blooms.  Topped with those redish blooms, they look very festive.  

12 comments:

Stefan Jansson said...

Great colors, still too early for that in my area.

biebkriebels said...

Nature is full surprises, beautiful!

Travel said...

Such beauty

RedPat said...

The flowers are really beautiful.

Bill said...

So pretty.

Linda Sue said...

Such a graceful looking Don't-touch-me plant. TEA, you say? Must be spicy!Like bee stinger tea!

Gemel said...

Stunning!

Catalyst said...

Always great color.

William Kendall said...

Great blooms!

Janey and Co. said...

Wow!

Aimz said...

I really like them, they kind of remind me of red hot pokers

Steve Reed said...

They ARE beautiful. They remind me of certain types of euphorbia.