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Kali

(55,007 posts) Mon May 13, 2019, 01:19 AM May 2019

May is ocotillo season

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May is ocotillo season (Original Post) Kali May 2019 OP

Beautiful. area51 May 2019 #1

Saw a lot of these bright red blooms as I was driving from Phoenix and LA today. SunSeeker May 2019 #2

Sweet woodruff too KT2000 May 2019 #3

And it's a city in Imperial County, CA. BigmanPigman May 2019 #4

The one nickname Repugs will not be using for us.... KY_EnviroGuy May 2019 #5

area51

(11,905 posts)

1. Beautiful.

Reply to Kali (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2019, 01:42 AM

May 2019

I hadn't seen any pix before of them blooming.

SunSeeker

(51,550 posts)

2. Saw a lot of these bright red blooms as I was driving from Phoenix and LA today.

Reply to Kali (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2019, 02:14 AM

May 2019

It looks like the ends of the stalks are on fire!

KT2000

(20,572 posts)

3. Sweet woodruff too

Reply to Kali (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2019, 02:15 AM

May 2019

ready for May wine!

BigmanPigman

(51,584 posts)

4. And it's a city in Imperial County, CA.

Reply to Kali (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2019, 02:52 AM

May 2019

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,489 posts)

5. The one nickname Repugs will not be using for us....

Reply to Kali (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2019, 04:02 AM

May 2019

is ocotillo huggers. We'll help protect that one from a distance......

Wikipedia says like most native species, Native Americans found uses for every part of this plant along with enjoying its beauty.

Thanks for the OP, Kali.

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