O is for Ocotillo

Anne M Bray, O is for Ocotillo, 

Digital painting printed on various substrates in various sizes, ©2015  

Ocotillos are an unusual species of desert flora. Until it rains, they look like a fan of spiny sticks wedged into the ground. Give them some water and wonderful red blossoms appear at the tips of the branches. These were shot in April 1983, in California's Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.