
Cactus Wren On Saguaro — Image by kenne
Cactus wren stops to
Survey her territory
Before moving on.
— kenne
Cactus Wren On Saguaro — Image by kenne
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Saguaros Are Blooming Everywhere — Image by kenne
Saguaros Are Blooming Everywhere In Southern Arizona — Image by kenne
Saguaro Blossoms, They’re Popping Out All Over– Image by kenne
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Springtime In The Sonoran Desert — Image by kenne
This saguaro has grown under the protection of a mesquite tree serving as a nurse tree.
This spring the cactus is loaded with flower buds, many of which a beginning to bloom.
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Saguaro Cactus Blossoms — Image by kenne
A crown of beauty
Saguaro Cactus Blossoms
Nectar for the doves.
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“The Early Bird Gets the Nectar” (White-winged Dove on Saguaro Cactus Buds) — Image by kenne
In April, the budding of saguaros is followed by the return of white-winged doves from Mexico who love the nectar in
the saguaro blossoms. This image captures a white-winged dove atop buds soon to blossom — another take on
“The early bird gets the worm.”
— kenne
Saguaro Blossoms — Photo-Artistry by kenne
The lucky saguaro
survives the desert heat,
outliving the nurse plant
not knowing of its feat.
The patient saguaro
looks skyward at all hours,
until at age fifty
it produces first flowers.
— from The Mighty Saguaro by Debbie Emery
Saguaro Blossoms — Image by kenne
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Mockingbird On Saguaro Blossom — Image by kenne
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Saguaro Cactus Blossoms — Image by kenne
Arizona’s state flower, the saguaro blossom, has a strong overripe melons smell, but I’m not going to get close enough to check it out — will leave that to the experts. Like a lot of cactus flowers, they are short-lived, blooming at night and often closed within 24 hours. During the night the flowers are pollinated by the lesser long-nosed bat and the Mexican long-tongued bat. During the daytime the flowers are pollinated by bees and birds such as the white-winged dove.
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Saguaro Blossoms — Image by kenne
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Saguaro In Bloom — Image by kenne
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“Saguaro and Ocotillo Salad” — Image by kenne
— Kahlil Gibran