It's always amazing to see the results of a little rain in the desert. Take this ocotillo, for instance. After the slightest amount of precipitation this past week, its leaves begin to sprout.
They won't get much bigger than this; and if the temperatures get high--as they are slated to do this week--the ocotillo will drop its leaves to prevent the loss of water through evaporation. When the rains come again, the ocotillo leaves will miraculously appear.
This particular ocotillo is unique in that it is growing directly out of a large boulder.
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