#cholla

@crytzerfry.bsky.social

3 days ago

This cholla produces a goregous, bright yellow flower (Usually in May, not end of March/early April). Peach colored hints surround the other flower petals.

Male Gambel's quail (with the curved feather from his forehead pointing down toward his beak) perches on top of a branch. I always wonder how they can see with that dingle-bopper in the way! Background pale yellow from palo verde blooms, and in top right, off-focus is a train trestle's crisscrosses.

Happy Easter! The desert is in bloom (so early, but so beautiful). Blooming #cholla, and a lovely male Gambel's #quail with #paloverde blooms and a train trestle in the background.

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Repurposed Rustics

@fayalso.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Weathered wood and cholla cactus hanging air plant holder with an inset crystal for focus.
#airplants #natureart #cholla

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Repurposed Rustics

@fayalso.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Cholla cactus skeleton air plant holder has purple crystals set into the side for some extra jazz.
#natureart #airplants #cholla

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For the Love of Flowers

@floraoftheday.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Cylindropuntia spinosior, with the common names include cane cholla, spiny cholla and walkingstick cactus, is a cactus species of the North American deserts.
#YellowThu #Cactus #Cholla #Flora #NaturePhotography #BloomScolling #BloomSky

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Melissa Crytzer Fry

@crytzerfry.bsky.social

1 month ago

A tiny bee alights on the middle of a yellow-petaled poppy with an orange center. Tiny, tiny, tiny little 'other' bugs are all over the petals.

This skull on the ground has vegetation growing through the eye sockets and nose cavity.

This little butterfly is on the trunk of a very old saguaro. The orange coloration on both wings nearly forms a circle.

Cholla cacti are known for their barbed appendages, but when the trunks die, they create a beautiful, fibrous tapestry with little ovals running up and down the turnks.

When you stop and look closely, you'll make so many wondrous discoveries! 1) Mexican #poppy, tiny #bee & even tinier insects 2) deer? skull 3) Red Admiral #butterfly 4) #cholla skeleton

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Joseph Rizzo

@jrizzo27.bsky.social

1 month ago

A cholla plant in the late afternoon light in Joshua Tree National Park

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#joshuatree #jtnp #cholla #cactus #mojave #desert #35mm #film #filmphotography #kodak #canon #canonet

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Katrina Coombs

@klcoombs.bsky.social

1 month ago

Why chaps and cowboy boots were invented, Joshua Tree National Park, California.

#fear #februarty2026 #cholla #goldencholla #joshuatree #cactus #eastcoastkin #westcoastkin #photophersofbluesky #photography #rocks #photographersunited #desert #nature #rockintuesday #coloraday #blueTue

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Author Alice Henderson

@authorhenderson.bsky.social

2 months ago

Cholla catching rays from the afternoon sun in Zion National Park.

#cholla #cacti #zionnationalpark

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June Mc

@juniejustice8.bsky.social

2 months ago

#Curvedbillthrasher
#singer. #nests #cholla

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June Mc

@juniejustice8.bsky.social

2 months ago

#azbirds #cholla

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Eishi Noguchi

@enog.bsky.social

2 months ago

A big cholla with many branches and small chollas growing on the ground. Desert mountains in the background under the cloudy sky.

Jumping Chollas…
Lots of babies 🥳

Mesa, AZ, Jan 5,2026

#Cactus #Cholla #Arizona #Desert #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Photography

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June Mc

@juniejustice8.bsky.social

2 months ago

#curvedbillthrasher #cholla #azbirds

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Kevin

@fastbytes.bsky.social

2 months ago

This image captures a close-up of a Teddy Bear Cholla in Joshua Tree National Park during "blue hour" of dusk. Numerous small, yellowish-green flower buds are clustered at the tips of the cactus segments. These are just beginning to open, signaling the spring desert bloom. The background is beautifully blurred (bokeh effect), showing a "forest" of other cholla cacti. In the distance, the rugged, purple-hued mountains of the Mojave Desert sit under a deepening blue and violet twilight sky. The Cholla Cactus Garden in Joshua Tree is a unique transition zone where the Colorado and Mojave Deserts meet. The lighting in your photo highlights the "glow" these cacti are known for; their hollow spines catch the light, making them appear fuzzy or luminous against the darker landscape.

Joshua Tree National Park - Teddy-bear Cholla Cactus

#NIKON #photography #nature #landscape #wallart #digitalArt #photoArt #DigitalDarkroom #NationalPark #JoshuaTree #Cholla #cactus #desert

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Repurposed Rustics

@fayalso.bsky.social

3 months ago

Cholla skeleton air plant holder decorated with quartz and little mushrooms made from acorn caps.

#airplants #cholla #crystals

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Pb

@pabuehler.bsky.social

3 months ago

Form our last trip...

"Hands Up!" Cholla at Coyote Canyon

Anza Borrego State Park

#anza #anzaborrego #roadart #desertart #cholla #desertplants #desertlife

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William Dunigan

@w-dunigan.bsky.social

3 months ago

A black and white landscape photograph of a cholla cactus at Anza Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California. A captured this scene near Yaqui Pass Road as rain approached.

A cholla cactus with approaching rain at Anza Borrego Desert State Park, CA.

#blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #california #southerncalifornia #anzaborregodesertstatepark #sandiego #desert #cactus #cholla #plants #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #photography #photographer