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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
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Saguaro Cactus — B&W Image by kenne
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Mockingbird On Saguaro Blossom — Image by kenne
Behind every experience is a meaning — don’t miss it!
— 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.
— kenne
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April In Tucson (Mockingbird on Saguaro Blossom) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
No longer waiting
Sun crest above the mountains
Birds welcome new day.
— kenne
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Saguaro Blossoms — Image by kenne
Saguaro blossoms
The signature desert plant
Sonoran symbol.
— kenne
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Saguaro In Bloom — Image by kenne
It’s that time of year
Saguaro buds are popping
A desert in bloom.
— kenne
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Cactus Wren on Saguaro Cactus Buds — Image by kenne
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White Winged Dove — Image by kenne
Resting on a saguaro cactus bud
the white winged dove
will return mañana
for the blossom nectar.
— kenne
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Saguaro Blossoms In Sabino Canyon — Images by kenne
A very dry spring
Hasn’t slowed cactus blossoms —
Saguaros in March.
— kenne
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This White Winged dove stands among a bouquet of Saguaro buds. Image by kenne
Migrating each year
To the Sonoran desert
For cactus nectar.
She awaits blossoms
Soon to open with nectar
In the night darkness.
Nearby cactus bloom,
But she waits among the buds
To open this night.
First serving the bats
She takes her turn each morning
In the warming sun.
— kenne
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Saguaro Blossom, Spotted on the Seven Falls hike today — Image by kenne
Like so many plants this year, this saguaro is blooming very early. Generally, saguaros bloom in late may and June.
kenne
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A Late Bloomer — Image by kenne
The normal blooming season for the giant saguaro cactus is in late May and June. Yesterday (December 30th) while hiking in Sabino Canyon I spotted this unusual event. I guess you can call it the new “Christmas cactus!”
The saguaro blooms open at night and last through the next midday. Each flower blooms only once.
kenne
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Saguaro Blossoms — Images by kenne
I’m told that 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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