Small Bolivian Cleistocactus Strausi cactus growing inside the greenhouse at the Dundee Botanic Gardens, UK

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Small Bolivian Cleistocactus Strausi cactus growing inside the greenhouse at the Dundee Botanic Gardens. Cleistocactus strausii is known as silver torch or wooly torch cactus, this native of montane Bolivia and Argentina is well adapted to both the heat and cold of our desert valleys. Several to many columnar stems arise from the ground and can grow to about eight feet tall. The dense bristly white spines nearly completely conceal the stems. The narrowly tubular, deep red flowers are borne freely near the tops of the stems and are visited by hummingbirds.

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Size: 3888px × 2592px
Location: Dundee, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Dundee Photographics / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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