Anecdotally, though, he has noticed a lot fewer saguaro flowers on the eastern slope of the Tucson Mountains, especially compared to last year’s epic display. “It’s down quite a bit,” said ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - Saguaro cacti in Tucson are blooming more than usual, a phenomenon not seen since 2021. Experts say ...

The Sonoran Desert’s signature cactus typically blooms at the tips ... Bill Peachey said his “saguaro spies” have reported the phenomenon “across the Tucson subregion,” from the Rincon ...

Keep an eye out for Arizona's iconic saguaro cactus flower as its blooming season is here for the early months of the summer.

“And there are examples all over the Tucson valley,” he said ... “That’s the key to the whole thing.” The side blooms are the saguaro’s “hokey workaround” to not having enough ...

PHOENIX - A normal saguaro normally blooms from the top ... said last year was the driest on record in Tucson and he suspects this year’s strange bloom is a response to that.

The saguaro blooms in late April ... Over the years, additional land has been added, and the Tucson Mountain District (west side) was integrated into the national monument in 1961.

The saguaro’s white, fragrant flowers bloom for less than 24 hours ... of the saguaro,” said Bill Peachey a longtime Tucson-area geologist and independent scientist who studies saguaros.

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