Cholla Cactus Garden-Joshua Tree

Cylindropuntia bigelovii is a cholla cactus species native to Northwestern Mexico, and to the United States in California, Arizona, and Nevada. It is also called the teddy bear cholla because of its shape. But ...... I'm afraid this is the most frightening teddy bear.😱#plants

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The Cholla cactus has cylindrical stem segments which are joined from end to end in the manner of a branching tree. Actually, these stems are modified branches that serve many functions such as photosynthesis, production of flower and storage of water. Like other cactus, on the stems, it has small and wart like projections from which spines can grow. Continue reading about Cholla Cactus on our website.

size: 12x9in Photographic Print: Jumping cholla cactus by Jamie And Judy Wild :

Currently the Chama Canyon wilderness where we live is alive with a super- abundance of blooming cholla cactus. Recent rains in our area seem to have been very favorable to the plants, which don’t make such a spectacular splash every summer. Summer is indeed the season of the cholla, predictably in bloom between the Solemnity […]

these are killers! watch out they jump! grrr

Did you know that you can find skeletons in the desert? Not from animals, but look for a cactus skeleton that is left behind after the plant dies.