Episode Details

Saguaro Cacti and the Storage of Desert RainSettle in for a quiet exploration of Saguaro Cacti and the Storage of Desert Rain. This episode follows Saguaro Cacti in Their Sonoran Desert Home; The Different Rains That Reach a Saguaro; Rain Moving Through Gravel, Slopes and Soil; The Shallow Roots That Collect Brief Rainfall; Water Held Inside Living Cells; Expanding Pleats and the Wooden Framework; The Protective Surface and Its Spines; Nighttime Gas Exchange and Daytime Food Making; Growing Taller and Developing Arms; Flowers Shared by Night and Day; Red Fruit and the Movement of Seeds; Seedlings Beneath Nurse Plants; Nest Cavities, Callus and Places to Perch; The Patient Work of Measuring Saguaros; Small Lives Within Fallen Saguaro Tissue.Nature Documentary For Sleep offers warm narration and gentle atmosphere for bedtime listening. Listen closely or let the details drift past. You are welcome to leave a bedtime hello or suggest a subject for another night.