Native to flowers of Cleistocactus buchtienii hardly open, with only the style and stigma protruding

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A side view of a red flowers, surrounded by tufts of of thin brown spines

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Size: 6000px × 4000px
Location: Spain
Photo credit: © Ian Lycett-King / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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