Travel Photography > Photos tagged as cactus
typical Mondi scene at the north of Bonaire
at the old Landhuis Karpata
this type of cactus is used for fences
Washington National Park,Bonaire
This was actually at the Colossal Cave County Park, but similar scenery to Saguaro National Park which is up the road about 7 miles
The ends appear to be a fuzzy white, probably getting ready to bloom in a couple of weeks.
There is a 14 mile loop road you can drive through Saguaro National Park. This was along that road.
Tuscon is in the Sonoro Desert, which is the only desert where Saguaro can be found. Other cacti grow here also however.
Saguaro (pron. saw-WAH-row). A 15' tall Saguaro such as this is probably about 70 years old.
Mom was surprised at how large this cactus was.
Also known as a Jumping Cactus.
Sagging branches are caused by frost damage at the point where the branch attaches to the trunk.
The Museum had an excellant cactus garden, but unfortunately has not labeled the plants.
Unlike some other cacti, this fruit does not taste good. However, it lasts a long time and will often remain on the stems even after the cactus flowers again the following year.
The yellow ends are the fruits, the flowers for this cactus are magenta and fall off in summer.
This darker color of Prickly Pear Cactus was fairly common throughout the park. It is often used as an ornamental in gardens.
Most of the cactus we saw didn't have fruit this time of year, but we found a couple that did.
We saw several different color Prickly Pear Cactus, which surprised us a bit.
Mom is demonstrating just how big some of these cactus plants grow.
The Agave is a native of Mexico. It dies after it blooms.
This is only about three inches across. It looks so much like the surrounding rocks they just named it for what it looks like.
This is unique to the Langtry area. It also shows the excellant signage at this Cactus Garden.
The Cactus Garden was in Langtry, TX, just outside the Visitors Center & Judge Roy Bean museum.
These have bulbs which can be dug up and eaten (if cooked, the Native's used to bake them for three days.)
This is prickly pear cactus, which is very common along Hwy 90, west of Del Rio