Ocotillos Print

Inspired by Big Bend National Park.

• archival print of original artwork by Cara Jackson.

• Acid free, giclée print on thick matte paper.

• Made-to-order and shipped rolled, with the environment in mind.

• Listed size includes white border around the image.

Ocotillos are those weird stick-like plants that spring up out of the desert floor all around Big Bend National Park.

I timed my visit to catch the plants in bloom, when they transform themselves from dry thorns to delicately leaved stalks, each topped with a flame of brilliant red flowers.

These plants are so tall and strange, they remind me of something you’d find growing underwater, perhaps on a coral reef. (Even stranger, they’re more closely related to blueberries than cacti!)