
Crown.

Crown.
Crown.

Saguaros (Carnegiea gigantea), at Tonto National Monument, Gila County, Arizona.
Saguaros (Carnegiea gigantea), at Tonto National Monument, Gila County, Arizona.

Gilded flicker (Colaptes chrysoides
♀), feeding on saguaro fruit (Carnegiea gigantea), in Tempe, Arizona.
Gilded flicker (Colaptes chrysoides
♀), feeding on saguaro fruit (Carnegiea gigantea), in Tempe, Arizona.

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) and saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea), at South Mountain Preserve, Phoenix, Arizona.
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) and saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea), at South Mountain Preserve, Phoenix, Arizona.

Saguaro blossom (Carnegiea gigantea), seen wherever you turn these days, though this specimen was in the Superstition Wilderness Area of Tonto National Forest, in Pinal County, Arizona.
Once you see it: The stigma emerging at the center of this flower looks to me like a graceful, ghostly hand. Too many fingers, but I see what I see.
Saguaro blossom (Carnegiea gigantea), seen wherever you turn these days, though this specimen was in the Superstition Wilderness Area of Tonto National Forest, in Pinal County, Arizona.
Once you see it: The stigma emerging at the center of this flower looks to me like a graceful, ghostly hand. Too many fingers, but I see what I see.