Close Encounters at Saguaro N.P.

Here is another collection of my photos from our trip to Saguaro National Park. A few close ups and a few different views of the "monarch", the Saguaro Cactus.
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That little round knob is the start of a new branch, arm.

These were about the size of a dime and always grew around cactus

Yellow buds on top of a barrel cactus