Southern Arizona is filled with cacti. After a day at pool of The Phoenician, in Scottsdale, AZ, I thought we might explore the cactus garden at the rear of the resort. My bored teens viewed thirty plus varieties of cactus before plopping down for a breather (upper photo). It was 5:30 at night, and things had cooled down to about 97 degrees. Even with the dry heat, you can still work up a sweat viewing the local flora. In the bottom photo you see the tall saguaro, Arizona's ubiquitous cactus, that can grow to 60 feet. These saguaro are both at least 75 years old. How do I know this? Because according to Wikipedia, saguaros don't grow branches until they are at least that old. Until then, they are just "spears." I was delighted by the elderly saguaros because they all branch out in a unique, quirky way. No old saguaro is quite like any other old saguaro.
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