Fouquieria Species, Candlewood, Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens)

by Xenomorf May 25, 2004 4:23 PM

Ocotillo in Arizona, USA, July 1998

April flower on southern California plant in private garden near Los Angeles

In Phoenix, AZ. Zone 9a/9b

In front of a two story building. August in Phoenix, AZ, zone 9a/9b

New full foliage. In Phoenix, AZ. Zone 9a/9b

Two and a half inches across branch. In Phoenix, AZ. Zone 9a/9b

Newer branches. In Phoenix, AZ. Zone 9a/9b

Cuttings used to form a fence. Some have taken root and are blooming. Tucson, Arizona

Ocotillo bloom in South Mountains near Phoenix after rains, Feb. 05

Ocotillo near Phoenix, South Mountains Park Feb 05

Ocotillo photographed in Big Bend NP April 21 2005

Close up of the blooms Big Bend NP Texas April 21 2005

Mid April, Springtime, zone 9a/9b, Phoenix, AZ

Blooming in Eastern Arizona. Very striking in an otherwise flat area.

In the garden. It leafs out whenever you water it heavily.

Ocotillo at Fort Worth Botanic G.ardens

February 16, 2007; one of three very old plants, growing where they shouldn't be, in the Mojave Desert, quite a distance from the Colorado Desert transition zone, no others for miles in any direction

February 16, 2007; close-up of branch detail

February 16, 2007; trunk and bases of branches are very large on this plant

Fouquieria splendens (Ocotillo)

southern California desert

Young plant in the Anza Borrego Desert, CA.

The dried wood from a dead branch of the Ocotillo In Phoenix, AZ. Zone 9a/9b.. Photo originally added to the PlantFiles on September 8, 2006

El Camino Del Diablo Trail (Devils' Highway) between Ajo and Wellton in AZ through the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge. Mid Nov, early Winter, zone 9b. Photo added to the PF on 11-30-06

Buds in early April, mid Spring, zone 9b In Phoenix, AZ. Photo originally added to the PlantFiles on January 4, 2007

Flower close-up in early April, mid Spring, In Phoenix, AZ. Zone 9a/9b. Photo originally added to the PlantFiles on January 24, 2007

The blooms on April 30th, late Spring, In Phoenix, AZ. Zone 9a/9b. Photo originally added to the PlantFiles on May 21, 2007

Showing fall colors

Growing wild in a mountain preserve (Piewesta Peak trail) in Phoenix, AZ

Late March zone 9b, Phoenix, AZ

The north side of the Harquahala Mountains Wilderness in AZ. March 12, 2011. Early spring. Zone 9a

Ocotillo coyote fence in Tucson, Arizona

Growing in the arid greenhouse at Kew Gardens

Arizona. Copyright of Jan Emming. Photo courtesy of Jan Emming of Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens, a 40 acre desert botanical garden and sustainable living homestead in the Arizona desert with a nursery.

Arizona. Copyright Jan Emming, Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens, a 40 acre desert botanical garden and sustainable living homestead in the Arizona desert.

Arizona. Copyright Jan Emming, Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens, a 40 acre desert botanical garden and sustainable living homestead in the Arizona desert with a nursery.

See them all in background. Arizona. Copyright Jan Emming, Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens, a 40 acre desert botanical garden and sustainable living homestead in the Arizona.

By San Diego Highway S2, Anza Borrego Desert State Park, April 2005. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego.

September. Photo courtesy of; copyright of Jan Emming of Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens, a 40 acre desert botanical garden/sustainable living homestead in Arizona.

Harquahala Mountains. Photo courtesy of; copyright of Jan Emming of Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens, a 40 acre desert botanical garden/sustainable living homestead in Arizona.

At the Wikieup Trading Post, Arizona

Photo courtesy of; copyright of Jan Emming of Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens, a 40 acre desert botanical garden/sustainable living homestead in Arizona.

Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.

With Fouquieria columnaris. Photo courtesy of; copyright of Jan Emming of Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens, a 40 acre desert botanical garden/sustainable living homestead in Arizona.

On the Dripping Springs trail in Organ Mountain-Desert Peaks National Monument in southern New Mexico. Photo courtesy of, copyright of Jim Bishop, a San Diego, California Landscape Designer.

Saguaro National Park, Arizona. Photo courtesy of Karl Gercens. Copyright Karl Gercens. Conservatory Horticulturist at Longwood Gardens. http://www.karlgercens.com/

Copyright Jan Emming, Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens, a 40 acre desert botanical garden, AZ.

Photo courtesy of; copyright of Jan Emming of Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens, a 40 acre desert botanical garden/sustainable living homestead in AZ.

Baby to left. Photo courtesy and copyright of Michelle Cloud-Hughes, Proprietor at Desert Solitaire Botany and Ecological Restoration, from San Diego, California.

With a Calliandra eriophylla at base. Photo courtesy and copyright of Michelle Cloud-Hughes, Proprietor at Desert Solitaire Botany and Ecological Restoration, from San Diego, California.

With Cylindropuntia bigelovii. Corn Springs, Riverside County, California. Copyright Michelle Cloud-Hughes, Proprietor Desert Solitaire Botany and Ecological Restoration, from San Diego, California.

Corn Springs, Riverside County, California. Photo courtesy and copyright of Michelle Cloud-Hughes, Proprietor at Desert Solitaire Botany and Ecological Restoration, from San Diego, California.

With Cylindropuntia wolfii. Copyright Michelle Cloud-Hughes, Proprietor at Desert Solitaire Botany and Ecological Restoration, from San Diego, California.

Anza-Borrego State Park. Copyright of Jim Bishop, a Landscape Designer, from San Diego, California

Anza-Borrego State Park. Copyright Jim Bishop, a Landscape Designer, from San Diego, California

With wild saguaros, teddy bear chollas and brittlebush in the Sonoran Desert. Copyright Jan Emming, Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens in AZ.

Black Mountains west of Yucca, AZ. Copyright Jan Emming, Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens in AZ.

Copyright Jan Emming, Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens, a 40 acre desert botanical garden/sustainable living homestead, AZ.

Very rare yellow form. Copyright Jan Emming, Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens, a 40 acre desert botanical garden/sustainable living homestead, AZ.