For Star subscribers: It looks like a bad bloom for local saguaros, with cactus experts reporting below-average bud and blossom production throughout the area.
Henry Brean After a massive bloom last spring, many of the saguaros around Tucson seem to be taking a year off.
“In some parts of the park, we’re seeing no sign of reproduction,” he said. “The majority of saguaros are not showing any buds or flowers at all in most of the places I've looked.” “They put all their energy into reproduction last year. Now they’re taking a pause to recoup and recover,” he said. Some speculate that a lack of winter rain could be to blame, but Dimmitt said that can’t be the only reason for low production in a given year.
Each cactus is checked almost daily from the beginning of April through the end of July by science interns and community volunteers, who use giant selfie sticks to take high-resolution photos of the top of every stem. He has scarcely seen a thing this year on the 2-acre patch of desert he’s been studying near Colossal Cave since 1997.
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