Tag: Phoenix

Fireworks.

An explosion of late-season ocotillo blossoms (Fouquieria splendens), at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona. Ocotillo is usually a spring bloomer, but the plants are drought deciduous, and sometimes they will re-bloom in late summer after monsoon rains. The spring flowers typically occur in a more compact inflorescence.

Etymology note: Ocotillo is a Spanish diminutive derived from the Nahuatl loan word ocotl, meaning torch, hence little torch.

Fireworks.

An explosion of late-season ocotillo blossoms (Fouquieria splendens), at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona. Ocotillo is usually a spring bloomer, but the plants are drought deciduous, and sometimes they will re-bloom in late summer after monsoon rains. The spring flowers typically occur in a more compact inflorescence.

Etymology note: Ocotillo is a Spanish diminutive derived from the Nahuatl loan word ocotl, meaning torch, hence little torch.