Saturday, December 01, 2007

Cacti flowers (Salcorebutia albopectinata)

I have to be quick to capture these because they only open while the sun is directly on the plant and then they close up again.
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  1. Anonymous6:07 AM

    the
    cactus
    looks like
    something you might
    expect to find growing on one of saturn's moons, but the flowers are gorgeous -- check the beautiful reds and that awesome gold/yellow(!)

    nice one, lexcen

    you must be just about ready for summer down there -- it's -20C here today and winter is still 3 weeks off :)

    /t.

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  2. Those are very. I don't think cactus and lambs go together.

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  3. /t, summer has arrive early this year.
    LL, you shouldn't worry since your wool protects you from the spikes.

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