Aloe Dichotoma
aka Quiver trees cos the bushmen used to use the frondy things, hollow them out and put their arrows in them (and probably still do).
They look so beautiful because you often see them in the middle of nowhere in semi-desert.

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Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH,
Fri 11 May 2007, 20:41,
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It's
farm Hakos, about 130 km south west of Windhoek
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Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice,
Fri 11 May 2007, 20:42,
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aah
Mr Clever clogs :)

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Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH,
Fri 11 May 2007, 20:53,
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It's a southern observatory
/astronomy geek
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Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice,
Fri 11 May 2007, 20:59,
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