Sabino Canyon Blog

Well I figured out that if you want to see Saguaro flowers you need to be in Sabino Canyon at 6:00 am not 6:00 pm. For the last few days I have been looking at 6:00 pm but the flowers are closed by then. Today I went at 6:00 am and they were all around.


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- In Search of the (Not so) Elusive Saguaro Flower - Part 2

I decided to wait another day for my search for Saguaro flowers. I picked some easy pictures today around 50 yards from my door. The cactus pictures below are, I believe, Staghorn Cholla. Chollas are a prolific type of cactus and there are more than 30 kinds of Cholla. Over time I'll see if I can find them all. Their flowers appear in May.


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Cholla Cactus, Agua Caliente Hill and an Arizona Sunset

Late this afternoon I set off to Sabino Canyon to take pictures of Saguaro Flowers. A Saguaro flowers late April through June. Individual flowers open at night and close the next afternoon. I walked for 45 minutes through a Sabino Canyon Saguaro "forest" and got some good pictures of flower buds but could not find an open flower. I will try again tomorrow. Check back then...


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In Search of the Elusive Saguaro Flower - Part 1

Well its not much of a trip because I live about 13 miles from Saguaro East. But it is always a nice drive and the park is great. Pictures to come...

I decided to call my blog the Sabino Canyon Blog because that is where I go almost every day to enjoy the great outdoors. Sabino Canyon is about a mile from where I live and has a great variety of outdoor activities. The Sabino Canyon Recreation Area is located in Northeast Tucson, Arizona in the Coronado National Forest.

http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coronado/forest/recreation/camping/sites/sabino.shtml

The above link takes you to the official USDA Forest Service site on Sabino Canyon.

More to come later....