Flora & Fauna > Flora > Cacti

Brutal-looking candelabra cactus swung pastUTV, 239.

Left: giant organ cacti, known in Spanish as candelabros, symbolise for Hugh much of Mexico's brutal history.

...some maguey growing beyond the barrancaUTV, 138.

Below: the maguey cactus, which grows widely throughout the Mexican highlands, is the plant from which tequila and mescal are distilled.