One of our Twitter followers calls Ocotillo "the forsythia of Far West Texas," and we're inclined to agree! They leaf out when there's rain, and several times a year, they can develop brilliant orange/red blossoms.
Our Executive Director thinks they're the "happiest and friendliest of desert plants, making us feel like spring!"
However, ocotillo is not considered a true cactus.
For a good part of the year, and when our desert is dry, the ocotillo appears to be a composition of dead sticks, but when the rain falls, small leaves are sprouted all along the vertical branches.
Click here to read more about the ocotillo!
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