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
A blooming saguaro cactus in Sabino Canyon (September 4, 2015) — Image by kenne
Saguaro cacti usually bloom in May and June, not September —
