On our recent visit to Cradock we walked up Oukop, the hill outside the town. From the top there is a lovely view over the town. There is a wide variety of succulents and cactuses that grow in the area and this one I found very interesting.
Karoo Cactus
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Firefly the Travel Guy 
Nice shot, I would like to take a trip to photograph some cactus.Thanks for stopping by, the latest photos on my blog came for a trip to Minneapoles, MN. The bridge was builted in the 1800s. It was a nice trip but I’m glad to be home.
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Great Cactus, only available in garden centres here…so I am very impressed with your pics, the spines are enormous lovely close up shot.
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Gorgeous photos. For some reason, flowering cacti are some of my favorite flowers.And, Firefly, thank you, thank you, thank you (!!!) for answering my question on my blog. I am going to check out the other links now.I have always been fascinated by my family’s South African history.Thank you!!!
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I love cactuses! Love the way you took a shot far away and then a macro.
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I certainly wouldn’t want to fall into that one. Great detailed shot.
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Oh, I love these! A cactus is a wonderful subject to photograph!
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We are SOOOO lucky to have such a great variety of biomes on our doorstep, this really is a magic part of the world! I love that you can drive 2 hours to the West and be in rich coastal forest with giant yellowwoods etc, and then 2 hours North, and you are in semi desert with these fascinating plants, and in between are all sorts of other wonderful things like fynbos, wetlands, mountains etc.
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