[blam]

Not unheard of before but now it's claimed to be caused by climate change.

[Caipirabob]

What a bunch of idiots. It has been much cooler this year than last year. Even the local news pointed out earlier this month that at the same time last year we had 14 days over 100 than this year the same time. A significant difference in “warming” and comfort, as anything below 100 out here is wonderful.

[mylife]

just nature doing what nature does, but very cool.

[skr]

...experts suspect it may be an example of how the warming environment is impacting even the oldest of plants.

There's that wiggle-room word, may, again.

[mylife]

ever seen a bobcat on top of a saguaro? I have

[Ge0ffrey]

Lefties put a negative spin on everything.

[Liaison]

This one of those cases were favorable changes in climate are working for a plant rather than the wishes of the woke humans.
I do wish the concept of climate change was not such a divisive term but greed and ego trump good science and policy.

[mylife]

this will result in more bats...

[coloradan]

It’s clear proof that the end is near. What is it, 8 years away now?

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

Haven’t seen it before so therefore it’s global warming. Morons

[marktwain]

I noticed this this spring, in a retirement community where there are lots of saguaro cacti.

I presumed the cacti had been getting plenty of water and the conditions were just right...

[Liaison]

During Dessert Shield/Storm/Clean up there were 100 or 500 year rainstorms, 8+ hour rains, that wracked the peninsula. The dessert exploded with flora and the deep dessert regions looked as green as Ireland in the spring. It was weird to see the confused camels standing in grass as far as you could see.

[bert]

The Desert Blooms....... as a result of more water

[texanyankee]

Soon the range of the saguaro cactus will encompass all of North America!

[b4me]

Seen this once years ago in travels in AZ. some where blloming just at top and some had blooms down lower or on the arms. Maybe they’re getting plenty of water and more nutrients with it?

I also have an decades old indoor “christmas cactus” tends to just bloom at christmas time. It did last christmas and again late april into may this year. I just thought cool and saw it as amazing beauty of God’s creation.

Maybe I should take time and decifer what it means with climate or end of world?

[P.O.E.]

Jest gettin' gussied up fer when the boys come a-courtin'

[rdcbn1]

This is absolutely ridiculous. Saguaro cactus bloom every year and have done so for as long as recorded history.

The climate in Arizona has not changed measurably since records have bee kept. In fact, the thriving of Saugaro cactus is a very good arguemement against climate change since these cactus only live in an ecosystem defined by very, very narrow band of altitude , temperature and rainfall. Any changes in climate has huge impact on them

[ThunderSleeps]

Saguaro are considered to be a “symbol of the American west,” yet they are rare, NPS officials say.

I call BS on that. They are "rare outside their usual climate zone. They have relatively specific needs in terms of temperature and water. But within those zones they are all over the place. Anyone who has driven in and around Tucson can vouch for that.

[chopperk]

If this event is such a terrible thing maybe the tree huggers should destroy all of the Saguaros and permanently put an end to it.

[Empire_of_Liberty]

They are calling to Cicada Brood X.

[Michael.SF.]

I live in the Phoenix area, have an eighteen foot Saguaro with the beginnings of two arms. The picture is not unlike what my Saguaro did a week ago, and in May of last year and the May before that.