Ocotillo - Revision history

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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Ocotillo
| image = Ocotillo02262006.JPG
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = Ocotillos near [[Palm Springs, California]]
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ericales]]
| familia = [[Fouquieria]]ceae
| genus = ''[[Fouquieria]]''
| species = '''''F. splendens'''''
| binomial = ''Fouquieria splendens''
| binomial_authority = [[George Engelmann|Engelm.]]
}}
{{for|the census-designated place|Ocotillo, California}}
The '''ocotillo''' (''[[Fouquieria]] splendens'' - also called the '''coachwhip''', '''Jacob's staff''', and the '''vine cactus''') is a curious, and unique [[desert]] [[plant]] of the [[southwestern United States]] and northern [[Mexico]]. For much of the year, the plant appears to be an arrangement of large dead sticks, although closer examination reveals that the [[Plant stem|stems]] are partly green. With rainfall the plant quickly becomes lush with small (2-4 cm) ovate [[Leaf|leaves]], which may remain for weeks or even months.
[[Image:Ocotillo-with-bee.jpg|thumb|left|280px|Ocotillo flower with a bee above — Tucson, AZ]]
The stems may reach a diameter of 5 cm at the base, and the plant may grow to a height of 10 m. The plant branches very heavily at its base, but above that the branches are pole-like and only infrequently divide further, and specimens in cultivation may not exhibit any secondary branches. The leaf stalks harden into blunt spines, and new leaves sprout from the base of the spine. The bright red [[flower]]s appear in spring and summer, occurring as a group of small tube shapes at the tip of the stem.

Ocotillo poles are a common [[fence|fencing]] material in their native region, and often take root to form a living fence. Owing to light weight and an interesting pattern, these have been used for canes or walking sticks.

Three [[subspecies]] are accepted by some botanists:
*''Fouquieria splendens'' subsp. ''splendens''
*''Fouquieria splendens'' subsp. ''breviflora'' [[Henrickson]]
*''Fouquieria splendens'' subsp. ''campanulata'' ([[George Valentine Nash|Nash]]) Henrickson

==References==
*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?4359,4360,0,4361 Jepson Flora Project: ''Fouquiera splendens'']
*[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=ucjeps&where-genre=Plant&where-taxon=Fouquieria+splendens Calphotos: ''Fouquiera splendens'']

<gallery>
Image:Ocotillo_leaves-300px.jpg|Closeup of ocotillo leaves.
Image:Ocotillothron02262006.JPG|Closeup of ocotillo thorns. Taken in [[Anza-Borrego Desert State Park]]
Image:Ocotilloflower02262006.JPG|Closeup of ocotillo flowers. Taken in [[Anza-Borrego Desert State Park]]
Image:Ocotillo-600.jpg|Ocotillo covered with rare [[snow]] in [[Tucson]]
Image:Ocotillo.jpg|Ocotillo in full bloom. Taken near Lookout Mountain, [[Phoenix, AZ]]
</gallery>
{{commons|Fouquieria splendens}}

[[Category:Ericales]]
[[Category:Flora of California]]
[[Category:Flora of the Sonoran Desert]]
[[Category:Flora of Southwestern United States]]

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 {{SPlantbox
 |familia=Fouquieriaceae
 |genus=Fouquieria
 |species=splendens
-|common_name=Ocotillo
+|common_name=Ocotillo, desert coral, coachwhip, Jacob's staff, vine cactus
-|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
+|name_ref=Wikipedia
 |habit=cacti-succulent
 |habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
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 |usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
 |max_zone=11
-|image=Upload.png
+|image=Ocotillo02262006.JPG
-|image_width=240
+|image_width=180
 }}
 {{Inc|
 Fouquieria splendens, Engelm. Coach-Whip. Vine-Cactus. Jacob's Staff. Ocotillo. Shrub, 6-25 ft., branching near the base: branches long, gray, furrowed, erect: Ivs. obovate, rounded at apex, wedge-shaped at base, ½ -l in. long: fls. scarlet or brick-red, exceeding 1 in. long, in racemose or thyrsoid elongated clusters; stamens 8-12, exserted: caps. 1/2 – 2/3 in. long, the seeds white, with a long fringe of spirally thickened hairs. W. Texas and Ariz, to 8. Calif. B.M. 8318. A.G. 13:759.—A hedge plant in Mex., making an impenetrable barrier. The plant is a conspicuous object in the deserts from Texas westward, standing on the open exposed places and slopes, the rod-like stiff canes looking like lifeless sticks in dry weather and in its season crowned with masses of showy bloom.
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 ==Cultivation==
-{{edit-cult}}<!--- Type cultivation info below this line, then delete this entire line -->
+'''Plant Selection.''' Planting ocotillo can be done the year around with care.  Ideall ocotillo plants have been grown from stem cuttings or from seed.  Transplanting large bare-root plants has marginal success.  They should be planted to the original growing depth and, as with cacti, in their original directional orientation.  The original south side of the plant, which has become more heat and sunlight-resistant, should again face the brighter, hotter southern direction.  If their direction is not marked, success is again limited.
 ===Propagation===
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 {{stub}}
-[[Category:Categorize]]
+__NOTOC__

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		+	{{SPlantbox
		+	\|familia=Fouquieriaceae
		+	\|genus=Fouquieria
		+	\|species=splendens
		+	\|common_name=Ocotillo
		+	\|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
		+	\|habit=cacti-succulent
		+	\|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
		+	\|Max ht box=30
		+	\|Max ht metric=ft
		+	\|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
		+	\|Max wd box=6
		+	\|Max wd metric=ft
		+	\|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
		+	\|lifespan=perennial
		+	\|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
		+	\|exposure=sun
		+	\|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
		+	\|features=flowers
		+	\|flower_season=early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer
		+	\|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
		+	\|flowers=red, pink
		+	\|Temp Metric=°F
		+	\|min_zone=7
		+	\|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
		+	\|max_zone=11
		+	\|image=Upload.png
		+	\|image_width=240
		+	}}
	__NOTOC__{{Plantbox		__NOTOC__{{Plantbox
	\| name = ''Fouquieria splendens''		\| name = ''Fouquieria splendens''

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-{{Taxobox
+__NOTOC__{{Plantbox
-| color = lightgreen
+| name = ''Fouquieria splendens''
-| name = Ocotillo
+| common_names = Ocotillo
 | image = Ocotillo02262006.JPG
-| image_width = 250px
+| image_width = 180px    <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
-| image_caption = Ocotillos near [[Palm Springs, California]]
+| image_caption = Ocotillos
-| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
+| regnum = Plantae
-| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
+| divisio = Magnoliophyta
-| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
+| classis = Magnoliopsida
-| ordo = [[Ericales]]
+| ordo = Ericales
-| familia = [[Fouquieria]]ceae
+| familia = Fouquieriaceae
-| genus = ''[[Fouquieria]]''
+| genus = Fouquieria
-| species = '''''F. splendens'''''
+| species = splendens
-| binomial = ''Fouquieria splendens''
+}}
-| binomial_authority = [[George Engelmann|Engelm.]]
+{{Inc|
 }}
-Ocotillo poles are a common [[fence|fencing]] material in their native region, and often take root to form a living fence. Owing to light weight and an interesting pattern, these have been used for canes or walking sticks.
+==Cultivation==
 Three [[subspecies]] are accepted by some botanists:
 *''Fouquieria splendens'' subsp. ''splendens''
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 *''Fouquieria splendens'' subsp. ''campanulata'' ([[George Valentine Nash|Nash]]) Henrickson
-==References==
+==Gallery==
 <gallery>
 Image:Ocotillo_leaves-300px.jpg|Closeup of ocotillo leaves.
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 Image:Ocotilloflower02262006.JPG|Closeup of ocotillo flowers. Taken in [[Anza-Borrego Desert State Park]]
 Image:Ocotillo-600.jpg|Ocotillo covered with rare [[snow]] in [[Tucson]]
-Image:Ocotillo.jpg|Ocotillo in full bloom. Taken near Lookout Mountain, [[Phoenix, AZ]]
+Image:Ocotillo.jpg|Ocotillo in full bloom.
 </gallery>
-[[Category:Ericales]]
+==References==
-[[Category:Flora of California]]
+*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
-[[Category:Flora of the Sonoran Desert]]
+<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
-[[Category:Flora of Southwestern United States]]
+<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->