Floris van Breugel / Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) in morning sun, Anza-Borrego State Park, California, USA February

Donald M. Jones / Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus) male feeding on Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) flowers, southern Arizona

Cyril Ruoso / Verreaux's sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi) in Madagascar ocotillo (Alluaudia procera) trees Berenty, Madagascar.

Donald M. Jones / Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) singing from atop a flowering Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens), southern Arizona

Jack Dykinga / Ocotillo cactus (Fouquieria splendens) in desert landscape strewn with rod lava rock, Cabeza Prieta Mountains in the distance, dawn, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Ocotillos (Fouquieria splendens) amongst flowering Mexican Poppies (Eschscholtzia mexicana) on east facing slopes, Sonoran Desert National Monument, Arizona, USA

Tim Fitzharris / Opuntia (Opuntia sp) in Chihuahuan Desert landscape, Big Bend National Park, Texas

Claudio Contreras / Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) and Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) at sunset in Sonoran Desert. El Pinacate Biosphere Reserve, northwest Mexico.

Claudio Contreras / Sonoran Desert with Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) and Teddy-bear Cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii) cactic, alongside Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens). El Pinacate Biosphere Reserve, Sonoran Desert, nort...

Claudio Contreras / Sonoran Desert on volcanic soil with Teddy-bear cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii), Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) and ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens). El Tecolote volcano, El Pinacate Biosphere Reserve,...

Tim Fitzharris / California Desert Dandelion (Malacothrix californica) flowers and Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) in spring, Joshua Tree National Park, California

Tim Fitzharris / Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) with rainbow Gobbler Knob formation, Sacramento Mountains, Lincoln,New Mexico