As prickly as they come.

[KWind]

Great capture... wonderful texture!

[Babs]

Ouch, you wouldn't want to get caught by this one would you.

[Wendy]

But such beautiful flowers

[Diana]

Nicely composed.

[Connie Little]

Great shot to show those thorns.

[Margo]

Lovely capture

[sally agnew]

Lovely detail, like the pretty little flower :)

[Dione Giorgio]

A great network of spikes very hard to penetrate. They these cacti have some really colourful flowers. Beautiful.

[Lou Ann]

Wonderful closeup, but not too close, ha!

[Faye Turner]

Great textures! Wonderful close up!

[Henri Russell]

This is really beautiful. I've never seen a cactus like this in bloom.

[Jennifer]

nice detail and textures

[Peter Day]

Wonderful close up

[Taffy]

Ouch! So realistic I can feel the thorns! But the flowers are wonderful to see!

[Karly]

Beautiful cactus! And a pretty bud too.

[Margaret Brown]

A lovely spikey capture!

[Milanie]

Really nice focus.

[Rick]

Great shot. That's a lot of stickers.

[Diana]

@kwind @onewing @wenadee @sunshinepix @littleconnie @777margo @hermann @sangwann @louannwarren @fayefaye @henrir @jesperani @peterday @taffy @365karly1 @craftymeg @milaniet @rickster549 Thanks for the lovely comments, much appreciated.

[Leana Niemand]

Fantastic shot and focus.

[Susan.T.]

Great shot.