|Uploaded:||May 1, 2008| |Updated:||March 29, 2010| This is a
tutorial on a plant that is in bloom beginning this mouth. I
figured it would be a good idea to start off this new mouth with
a plant from the desert that actually blooms flowers even in the
hot desert sun. So having said that, today you will learn "how
to draw a Cactus". This cactus happens to be the state flower of
Arizona. In 1901 the saguaro’s blossom was adopted as the
official territorial flower, and in 1931, it was confirmed as
the state flower. It has a thick, tall flute looking steam that
is about 18 to 24 inches in diameter and can reach lengths of up
to 40 feet high. Not only does this desert cactus get big, it
ages well too. The Saguaro can age up to 200 years old before it
dies out and becomes a shriveled up plant. This type of cactus
resembles a long oversized pitch fork. The skin on the cactus is
smooth and waxy which is odd because you would think that all
cactuses have rough prickly surfaces but obviously that is
totally not the ca