INTERESTING FACT ABOUT SAGUARO CACTUS A saguaro is usually 50-70 years old before it grows its first branch. And this is if the arm grows quickly. It may take 100 years before a saguaro can grow its first arm. A saguaro must be 35 years old before it can grow any flowers. The saguaro cactus is like the plant of perpetual youth – it is only considered an adult when it is 125 years old, and saguaros generally die when they’re 150-175 years old. Lucky, or particularly youthful cacti, may live over

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and from June to July, its fruit ripens. For the Tohono O'odham Nation, harvest time for the “bahidaj” is a sacred start to the new year and a time to pass down centuries-old knowledge. | AP