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Alluaudia procera - Madagascan Ocotillo


Alluaudia procera - Madagascan Ocotillo (Alluaudia procera - Madagascan Ocotillo)

These very tall Madagascan Ocotillos are blooming now. Photo taken at the San Diego Zoo on June 19, 2012.



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They're fantastically different!

21 Jun, 2012

 

Thanks! I really like this plant! It's not as spectacular in bloom, as Fouquieria splendens, the one native to eastern San Diego County desert (and the desert southwest).

21 Jun, 2012

 

Never seen anything like this......

27 Jun, 2012

 

Spectacular enough though!

27 Jun, 2012

 

Certainly is.....

27 Jun, 2012

 

very different...and interesting..:-)

4 Apr, 2013

 

It looks similar to the native Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) here in the Southwest. The flowers on the native Ocotillo are scarlet, though...and it's much hardier than Madagascar Ocotillo.

Here's the native Ocotillo:

http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/69652-fouquiera-splendens-ocotillo/all

http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/69653-another-ocotillo-in-bloom

4 Apr, 2013



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