The Candelabra Flower is found in grasslands and is quite wide spread in summer rainfall areas. Unfortunately people pick them in the wild as the flower is quite striking and it never gets a chance to sow its seeds. The flower grows up to 70 centimeters high from a bulb. It normally flowers in the summer months where after fruit develops on the tips of the flower stalks. When they dry out they form a tumbleweed and spreads its seeds.Candelabra Flower
The Candelabra Flower is found in grasslands and is quite wide spread in summer rainfall areas. Unfortunately people pick them in the wild as the flower is quite striking and it never gets a chance to sow its seeds. The flower grows up to 70 centimeters high from a bulb. It normally flowers in the summer months where after fruit develops on the tips of the flower stalks. When they dry out they form a tumbleweed and spreads its seeds.
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Firefly the Travel Guy 
Wow. Another fabulous shot. Love the lighthouse in the background, really very nice perspective. Enjoy your trip, hope you bring back lots of great pics!
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Beautiful shot….Lucky you, off to china, have a great time, and hope you get lots of photo opportunities.
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Oh I love that shot. Angle is brilliant and colours are fantastic. Must remember to approach life like an insect more often from down below…
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thanks for the kind words…this picture is peaceful. it sort of brings perspective to my life right now.
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What a great shot.
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the composition is awesome.. one of a kind. Have a great time in China. I’ll look forward to the photos you bring back.
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I come to you today from a blogging friend, Jo, from A Majority of Two. Quite impressed with your photography skills and a little bit jealous.For reasons unbeknownst to me, South Africa is a place I long to visit. It is on my top 5 list!
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Hey how was China ??
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this is an absolutely brilliant shot, I can just visualise you leopard crawling through the grass to get it!
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First time I saw one of these it was part of a huge group. I thought that they looked like an alien invasion, lots of very pretty space ships. Another of the plants that flowers before it puts up leaves, amazing
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It really stands out with no other greenery around it. I can see why people want to pick them.
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Oh .. very pretty! Is that THE tumbleweed? Never knew that!
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Hello Firefly.It´s always a pleasure to pass on your blog to see all these beautiful photos, and this one is very interesting, i have never seen one of this it´s very pretty,thanks for charing your photo work.All the best, have a nice day, see you soon. José Filipe / 28/07/2009
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I'd never seen a tumbleweed before it was a tumbleweed. 'tis a pretty plant.
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Oh my word! I had no idea the Tumbleweed plant was so pretty! Why do people destroy nature like that? Picking the flowers before they get to seed. It's so sad!
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Nice blog…
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