Sicily.
View allAll Photos Tagged pricklypear
One Denver, Coloradao homeowner had a nearly perfect lawn...of Prickly Pear cacti.
It's fairly low maintenance, will deter some critters and gives a certain "feel" of a desert. So, no lawn cutting, but pulling weeds may be a little testy :-))
Turning away from Four Peaks after the previous shot, toward the setting sun, and this is what I witness. You've got to love sunsets/sunrises in AZ.
Every year I bike over to the Arizona Cactus garden on the Stanford University campus to see the explosion of blossoms in late April and early May.
Opuntia is a genus in the cactus family, Cactaceae.
The most common culinary species is the Indian fig opuntia (O. ficus-indica). Most culinary uses of the term "prickly pear" refer to this species.
The genus is named for the Ancient Greek city of Opus, where, according to Theophrastus, an edible plant grew which could be propagated by rooting its leaves.
Source: Wikipedia
Incidentally, this, together with figs and water melon are my favourite summer fruit.
My theme for 2016 is: 52 months in a year...beginning with June of 2006.
I took this photo in May of 2008.
Opuntia polyacantha is a common species of cactus known by the common names plains pricklypear, starvation pricklypear, and hairspine cactus, panhandle pricklypear. It is native to North America, where it is widespread in Western Canada, the Great Plains, the central and Western United States, and Chihuahua in northern Mexico.
Just like clockwork the first one bloomed on time,
This Cactus is winter hardy, its amazing how it deflates like a balloon in winter then comes to life in Spring,
I have this next to the waterfall for 8 years.
Obviously, this is a prickly pear, but I don't know if it is alien or not! ;-)
Have a great Friday, dear Flickr friends!
A fine prickly pear cactus flower, growing in our neighbor's yard. Prickly pear cacti grow wild, sometimes -- or perhaps the plants lived longer than the house they were originally near -- in the Upstate.
Lots of anthers, covered with pollen, and I think that green object is the stigma.
Thank you for looking! Isn't God a great artist?
Eastern prickly pear Cascading in the rocks next to the waterfall,
It amazing how these survive our winter,
They are completely flat from dehydration, come spring they come to life like magic,
Conserve your resources
Don't desert your friends
Wait for your time to bloom
Stay sharp! :-)
Ilan Shamir, "Advice from a Cactus"
HGGT! Integrity Matters!
opuntia, spineless prickly pear, Ellisiana', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
Santa Rita Prickly Pear Cactus. Blue Agave. Ocotillo. Palo Verde trees.
Full frame. No crop. No post processing.
This image was captured at sunset, at one of my favorite lesser known locations, in Sedona. I recently posted a shot from very close to this spot, which was photographed at sunrise. Even though I photographed each shot using different techniques and conditions were not the same, it still amazes me to look at both images and see how very different they look. When it comes to photographing the same subject during sunrise and sunset, I find that not every location can be as giving, but shooting at this particular spot at different times of the day, can provide opportunities to bag a shot at both beginning and end of day.
Arizona's State bird. Prolific nest builders. Love lining their nests with the dog's hair....
Full frame. No crop. No post processing.
Arizona's State bird perched atop a Santa Rita Prickly Pear Cactus. My side yard. Full frame. No crop. No post processing.
Prickly pear - Opuntia ficus-indica, the Indian fig opuntia, fig opuntia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia_ficus-indica
Figuier de Barbarie - Opuntia ficus-indica
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figuier_de_Barbarie
July 2010 - Edited and uploaded 2022/02/05
I had to pull most of them out doing work around the waterfall,
Prickly pear Cactus are easily reestablish themselves,
The Harris's antelope squirrel (Ammospermophilus harrisii) is gray in color with some brown on its upper front and back legs. It has a white stripe on its side, a white underbelly and a bushy black tail that it often carries arched over its back.
Foto d'archivio! Marsala
Giorni fa ho letto questa Poesia che parla della mia amata terra..La Sicilia..mi è piaciuta molto!!!
Poesia di Giuseppe Lodato
Terra di suli, terra duminàta,
terra malirìtta, terra sfurtunàta.
Terra chi s’addinòcchia ma chi nun cari maì.
terra però chi nun canciassi mai.
Terra chi ti pìgghia testa e sintimèntu,
terra chi a lu cori runa biddìzzi e turmèntu.
Terra chi fa ciavàru di zàcari e limiùna,
terra chi ti leva assài ma picca duna.
Terra chi si cunfùnni tra celu e mari,
terra chi cu ci nascìu nun po’ scurdàri
Traduzione
Terra di sole, terra dominata,
terra maledetta, terra sfortunata,
Terra che si inginocchia ma non cade mai,
terra però che con cambierei mai!
Terra che ti piglia testa e sentimenti,
terra che al cuore dona bellezza e tormento,
Terra che fa profumo di zagara e limoni,
terra che ti leva molto ma ti dona poco.
Terra che si confonde tra cielo e mare,
terra che chi ci nasce...non può dimenticare!!!
Grazie a tutti! Un affettuoso saluto