Anza Ocotillo

"Anza Ocotillo" A blooming Ocotillo looks to me like a decorated desert Christmas tree! However, it was painted in Spring. Notes from my log book: April 9th, Anza Borrego: Windy and Hot 90 degrees. "The ocotillo is one of the tallest and weirdest plants in the desert. It doesn't even know it's a shrub. What looks like a bunch of sticks standing straight toward the sky is actually a collection long spiny stems that leaf during times of rain and flower spectacularly in the springtime." (Samantha Munsey). Anza Borrego, CA April 2019