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Ocotillo with new leaves

Ocotillo with new leaves

Ocotillo have both adventive leaves and adventive flowers: whenever it gets significant rain, it first puts out a crop of new leaves; then it puts out a new set...
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Ocotillo have both adventive leaves and adventive flowers: whenever it gets significant rain, it first puts out a crop of new leaves; then it puts out a new set of bright-red flowers. When the soil dries out, it drops both leaves and flowers-fruits, leaving only a thorny stem. It occurs in both the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts.
Fouquieria splendens.
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PENTAX K-50

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Aperture f/4 ISO 100 Shutter 1/320 Focal Length 5000/100

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Jun, 2018

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