Cactus Facts

January 22, 2015  •  Leave a Comment

I certainly hoped to see and photograph cactus when we visited Arizona. Saguaro cactus is probably the icon of the Arizona desert. I had seen photos of them against sunsets or scattered over mountainsides. I didn't know that the Saguaro blossom is the state flower of the state. They are often huge, even though the cactus grows slowly, adding their first "arm" after 50 years. Saguaros are a protected plant as it is illegal in the state to transplant or destroy them.

 


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