This photograph of a blossom on an Ocotillo was taken maybe 30 feet from the photo of the plant I did yesterday. Is this astounding or what! Look at all the stuff that is going on in this blossom. I went back and looked at yesterday's photo more carefully and I think I can see some yellowish things on the tips of some of those branches. Notice in this photograph, behind the bright red parts are yellow parts. I found this blossom on a smaller plant and it is only about4 feet off the ground.
This gives a good sense of where the blossom is located
And here is the smaller plant but the blossom is not showing. I looked at the original photograph which is much larger, and there seem to be yellowish blossoms on the ends of most of these branches. What amazing things I discovered when I looked at an individual plant instead of the whole landscape and then when I examine just one branch! I also discovered that Ocotillos reach their maturity in 60 to 100 years! Wow they outlast us!
2 comments:
Very pretty flower head but odd that its stem is so long for one blossom. 60 60 100 years is crazy.
The flower is so unusual but I love the color. Betsey
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