The Ocotillo flower. When you first see an Ocotillo plant you'll think it's a bunch of dead sticks. Maybe 8 or more feet tall with sharp thorns the length of the branch. Give the plant a good rainfall, and a few days, and the entire branch sprouts bright green leaves. A few days later this flower will bloom on the end the branch, and a few days later the flower dies, the leafs fall, and the dead looking sticks are back.