Jumping Cholla

by Lee Craig

Title

Jumping Cholla

Artist

Lee Craig

Medium

Photograph - Photography-photographic Art

Description

Jumping Cholla, the largest cholla, reaches heights of more than 10 feet. It has numerous, large, and very sharp barbed spines, which facilitate the detachment of the spiny joint when a spine penetrates the skin or clothing of a passerby. The whole plant stretches a bit before detachment occurs, so the spiny joint seems to leap onto the body part of unfortunate humans, whose imaginations have generated the name "Jumping". Stems that have attached themselves to the body of a victim are quite hard to remove, tending to "jump" (for example) to the snout of a dog that tries to remove it from its paw with its teeth.
The Jumping Cholla bears small flowers and fruits with seeds, but reproduction more typically occurs when the joints or fruits detach from the plant, fall to the ground, and sprout new joints at short distances from the mother plant
Hiker beware! It will start on the top of your shoe and by the time you finally give up on trying to get rid of it, it will be stuck to your forehead! Lost Dutchman Park, Apache Junction, AZ.

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September 11th, 2013

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