Imagine a plant that looks like a palm tree from a distance, but like a cactus up close. It is a stem succulent that photosynthesizes mainly through its trunk and comes from the island of Madagascar, off the east coast of Africa. Saw some at Fullerton Botanical Garden.
Madagascar Palm
Madagascar Palms
The symmetry in this cactus is almost like the Fibonacci Sequence – it appears in nature as efficient growth patterns, especially in spirals and petal counts
Cactus Designs
An eagle devouring a snake sculpture, Glorieta de la Lealtad, Bosque de Chapultepec Park, Mexico City. The statue depicts the 1325 sighting of the eagle devouring the serpent on a cactus, representative of the imagery on the flag of Mexico.
Glorieta de la Lealtad
Glorieta de la Lealtad from Other Side
Flag of Mexico
The Plaza de la Fundación (Foundation Plaza), located around the historic center of Mexico City, commemorates the legendary founding of Greater Tenochtitlán in 1325. The plaza’s best-known feature is the work of artist Carlos Marquina. The 1970 sculpture depicts the 1325 sighting of the eagle devouring the serpent on a cactus, representative of the imagery on the flag of Mexico.
Monument to the Founding of Mexico
Flag of Mexico
Awesome natural designs of the cactus …..
Cactus Designs
Cactus Bloom
Amidst the thorns on this cactus appear tiny flowers revealing nature’s strange paradox
Thorns of a Saguaro
There is a sense of symmetry in the rows of thorns of a saguaro
Cactus Flower
Who, but nature, can bring beauty with thorns?
While the cactus hurts with thorns, it also creates beauty with its flowers
A newly born bird peeks its head from the protected nest among the thorny cacti