Even though most people, myself included, have never personally seen the inside of an ocean, it is no secret that an ocean contains various mountains and is also teaming with life. As I looked outside of my car, I saw dusty mountains which seem to stare back in silence. I also saw teams of Saguaro Cactuses living in the desert.
As we drove, each cactus-arm pointed upwards as if greeting me and my family. "Yes." I thought, "in desert terms there is life in the desert and the desert can be like an ocean and the giant Saguaro Cactus can be the desert's spiny, green whale".
I believe most people have never personally seen a Saguaro Cactus in the desert, yet it is no secret that a Saguaro Cactus is the most recognized cactus of its species. However, to see a Saguaro Cactus as a half inch seedling, to me is a rare sight. I learned that a Saguaro seedling usually grows next to a Palo Verde Tree, or inside a desert bush and for that mater, within the cleft of rocks. In this way they are protected from direct sunlight and out of plain sight. Still rarer than that, is the spec of seed from which an 80 foot, 200 year old Saguaro Cactus is first propagated from. (view seedlings below.)
Follow me through the desert and take a closer look at the Giant Saguaro, the green whale of the solid ocean.
