
At the Desert Botanical Garden: Arizona agave (Agave arizonica), gone to seed.

At the Desert Botanical Garden: Arizona agave (Agave arizonica), gone to seed.
At the Desert Botanical Garden: Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea). Phoenix, Arizona.

At the Desert Botanical Garden: Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea). Phoenix, Arizona.
At the Desert Botanical Garden: Soap-tree yucca (Yucca elata). Phoenix, Arizona.

At the Desert Botanical Garden: Soap-tree yucca (Yucca elata). Phoenix, Arizona.
At the Desert Botanical Garden: Organ pipe (Stenocerus thurberi). Phoenix, Arizona.

At the Desert Botanical Garden: Organ pipe (Stenocerus thurberi). Phoenix, Arizona.
At the Desert Botanical Garden: Old man cactus (Cephalocerus senilis). Phoenix, Arizona.
The common name of this cactus is more accurately descriptive – and the species name more apt – than I care to admit.
At the Desert Botanical Garden: Old man cactus (Cephalocerus senilis). Phoenix, Arizona.
The common name of this cactus is more accurately descriptive – and the species name more apt – than I care to admit.
At the Desert Botanical Garden: Cactus wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus). Pheonix, Arizona.