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**TO RECEIVE FREE SHIPPING ON ADDITIONAL PACKS OF SEEDS, PLACE ALL OF THE SEEDS IN THE AMAZON SHOPPING CART AND SUBMIT ONE PAYMENT. DO NOT PAY FOR EACH PACK INDIVIDUALLY!** Fouquieria splendens Ocotillo Tree FOUQUIERIACEAE (Ocotillo Family) The generic name refers to P.E. Fouquier, a Parisian medical professor. Although this plant looks like a cactus because of its long spines and desert habitat, it is not in the cactus family. I've included it on the Cactus page because people often expect to find it there. It is in the same family as the Boojum tree of Sonora, and is the sole representative of this family in Arizona. The stems are leafless in dry times, and crowded with leaves in the better times. Individual stems, if planted, will grow new plants, and many a corral and fence has been made this way. In the Spring (April/May) they bloom hundreds of brilliant red tubular flowers crowding the ends of the branches. After spring or summer rains, the branches burst with leaves; the rest of the year, photosynthesis occurs beneath the lacquery grey bark of the stems. The Ocotillo Tree makes and excellent house plant and a fantastic bonsai! All it needs is sun and watered when dry See also:
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