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

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,...

Jouan Rius / Ocotillo plant (Fouquieria splendens) in winter, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA, December 2012.

Daniel Heuclin / Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) in flower, Chihuahuan Desert, Arizona, USA. May.

Daniel Heuclin / Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) in flower, Chihuahuan Desert, Arizona, USA. May.

Daniel Heuclin / Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) in flower, Chihuahuan Desert, Arizona, USA. May.

Claudio Contreras / Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens), Teddy-bear cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii) and Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) in volcanic ash field, El Pinacate Biosphere Reserve, Sonoran desert, Mexico.

Jack Dykinga / Notch-leaved phacelia (Phacelia crenulata) flowering beside Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) with Saguaro cacti (Carnegiea gigantea) behind, Sonoran Desert National Monument, Arizona, USA, March 2023....

Jack Dykinga / Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) in leaf, surrounded by Notch-leaved phacelia (Phacelia crenulata) at sunset, Sonoran Desert National Monument, Arizona, USA, March 2023. Superbloom occurs after abundan...

Jack Dykinga / Ocotillos (Fouquieria splendens) in flower, Eagletail Mountain Wilderness, Arizona, USA. March.

Jack Dykinga / Ocotillo (Fouquieria splenden) in flower with Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa) in desert near Tule Well, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona, USA. March.

Jack Dykinga / Ocotillos (Fouquieria splendens) in flower, Eagletail Mountain Wilderness, Arizona, USA. March.

Claudio Contreras / Ocotillo bush (Fouquieria splendens) with islands beyond. Bahia de los Angeles Biosphere Reserve, Sea of Cortez, Mexico. April.

Claudio Contreras / Ocotillo bush (Fouquieria splendens) with Coronado Island beyond. Bahia de los Angeles Biosphere Reserve, Sea of Cortez, Mexico. April.

Jack Dykinga / Sunset light bathes the mountains in crimson light, framed by Ocotillos (Fouquieria splendens) and carpet of flowering Bladderpods (Peritoma arborea) across the desert floor following an above average...

Jack Dykinga / Flowering Mimosas (Mimosa dysocarpa) and Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) on grassland after record rainfall with Santa Rita Mountains in background, Coronado National Forest, Arizona, USA. September,...

Jack Dykinga / Lush grasslands with Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) and Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia sp) in morning light, Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona, USA. August.

Jeff Foott / Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens). Sierra de San Francisco, El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve, Baja California, Mexico.

Jack Dykinga / Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa) Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) and lone Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea), Sierra Pinacate, Carnege, Mexico.

Jack Dykinga / Teddy bear cholla cactus (Cylindropuntia bigelovii) with Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) and flowering Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa) in background. Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona, US...

Jack Dykinga / Teddy bear cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii) cacti and Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) with flowering Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa) in background, in morning light. Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Re...

Jack Dykinga / Teddy bear cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii) cacti and Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) in morning light. Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona, USA. March 2020.

Jack Dykinga / Sonoran Desert with Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea), Teddy bear cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii), Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) and flowering Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa). Cabeza Prieta National Wil...

Jack Dykinga / Teddy bear cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii) cacti and Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) in morning light, flowerin Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa) in background. Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge,...