Claudio Contreras / Prickly pear (Opuntia sp.) growing on coastline, Socorro Island, Revillagigedo Archipelago National Park (Socorro Islands), Pacific Ocean, Western Mexico, November, Honorary Mention in the third natio...

Mark MacEwen / Octopus tree (Didiera madagascariensis), Spiny Forest, Berenty, Madagascar

Jack Dykinga / ARCHIVED SG - Duplicate 10/10/2017. Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) at sunset, with drooping frost damaged limbs, South Maricopa Mountains Wilderness, Sonoran Desert National Monument, Arizona...

Jack Dykinga / Notch-leaf scorpion-weed (Phacelia crenulata) blooming around Desert agave (Agave desertii) in Glorieta Canyon, Anza-Borrego State Park, California, USA, March 2017. These plants are flowering during...

Jack Dykinga / Notch-leaf scorpion-weed (Phacelia crenulata) blooming around Desert agave (Agave desertii) in Glorieta Canyon, Anza-Borrego State Park, California, USA, March 2017. These plants are flowering during...

Floris van Breugel / Barrel cacti (Ferocactus pilosus) and Ocotillo overlook Palm oasis at sunrise, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, USA March

Floris van Breugel / Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) in morning sun, Anza-Borrego State Park, California, USA February

Jack Dykinga / Lightning storm with rainbow over Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) Avra Valley, Saguaro National Park, Tucson Mountains, Arizona, USA, August 2015. Long exposure with lightning trigger.

Tony Phelps / Parachute daisies (Ursinia anthemoides) Little Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa.

Chris Mattison / Close up of succulent plant (Peperomia columella) cultivated plant form Peru. Focus-stacked image.

Cyril Ruoso / Verreaux's sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi) in Madagascar ocotillo (Alluaudia procera) trees Berenty, Madagascar.

Cyril Ruoso / Queen of the Andes (Puya raymondii) Cordillera Blanca Massif, Andes, Peru, November.