Yesterday was the first day I had to use my air conditioner since early November. It's warming up in Big Bend! I've been on a bloom scouting trip and here's what I've found:
Desert Bighorns eat yucca flowers!
Chisos Hedgehog Cactus
The Chisos Hedgehog Cactus is one of our rare ones. There are several people in the park working to inventory these guys with GPS. They grow only at certain low elevations and are often poached by cactus collectors who can't resist adding a rarity to their collection. Which of course only makes them more rare.
The Texas Rainbow Cactus
The Texas Rainbow Cactus
The Texas Rainbow Cactus is blooming now on the Hot Springs Canyon Trail out of Rio Grande Village. A hiker I passed at mid-morning said they had all been closed when she passed by earlier.
More Texas Rainbow Cactus
Warnock Cactus under a creosote bush
Ocotillo buds are just starting to open in Rio Grande Village area
Torrey Yucca and Ocotillo, Boquillas area
Mormon Metalmark on Feathery Dalea
More Texas Rainbow Cactus
Warnock Cactus under a creosote bush
Ocotillo buds are just starting to open in Rio Grande Village area
Torrey Yucca and Ocotillo, Boquillas area
Mormon Metalmark on Feathery Dalea
Reakirt's (?) Blue on Feathery Dalea
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