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watertrade
Joined : 16 May 2008
Posts : 152
Location : Canberra
|  Subject: know your cacti  Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:20 am | |
| just for fun.... I have picked 5 photos of some common plants. there are no trick photos.
can anyone pick what they are? there are no prizes as yet. 
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#1=
#2=
#3=
#4=
#5=
good luck! |
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lewis
Joined : 07 May 2008
Posts : 377
Location : Melbourne
| | Subject: Re: know your cacti Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:12 pm | |
| 1. Ariocarpus retusus
2. Lophophora diffusa
3. Astrophytum ornatum
4. copiapoa sp.
5. a tall one |
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MichaelCactus
Joined : 24 Jun 2008
Posts : 131
Location : Bendigo
| | Subject: Re: know your cacti Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:42 pm | |
| Ariocarpus sp
Loph Sp
Astro Ornatum
no idea
some sort of cereus?
Im hopeless with cacti names. |
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calycium
Moderator
Joined : 06 Apr 2008
Posts : 357
Location : oz
| | Subject: Re: know your cacti Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:00 pm | |
| | I would have agreed with lewis, except to take a guess with #5 and say T. Bridgii |
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lewis
Joined : 07 May 2008
Posts : 377
Location : Melbourne
| | Subject: Re: know your cacti Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:07 pm | |
| your guess is better than mine (but it is a 'tall one').. i'm a total columnar noob.  |
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calycium
Moderator
Joined : 06 Apr 2008
Posts : 357
Location : oz
| | Subject: Re: know your cacti Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:27 pm | |
| | I could be wrong, I'm not an expert at tall things, but the cereus I have seen are normally short spines. Bridgesii are out there with their deadly spines. |
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watertrade
Joined : 16 May 2008
Posts : 152
Location : Canberra
| | Subject: Re: know your cacti Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:50 pm | |
| pretty good so far guys - although you are on the wrong track for 5 - heres a nother pic of 5
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calycium
Moderator
Joined : 06 Apr 2008
Posts : 357
Location : oz
| | Subject: Re: know your cacti Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:56 pm | |
| Tricocereus Peruvianus?
Mine has a bite like a dingo when it spines me... |
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watertrade
Joined : 16 May 2008
Posts : 152
Location : Canberra
| | Subject: Re: know your cacti Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:10 pm | |
| 1 - Ariocarpus retusus
2 Lophophora diffusa
3 Astrophytum ornatum
4 Copiapoa echinoides
5 |
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calycium
Moderator
Joined : 06 Apr 2008
Posts : 357
Location : oz
| | Subject: Re: know your cacti Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:15 pm | |
| Damn,
would never have guessed a
Myrtillocactus schenckii |
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watertrade
Joined : 16 May 2008
Posts : 152
Location : Canberra
| | Subject: Re: know your cacti Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:22 pm | |
| 
how did you get it?
Myrtilocactus are cool  |
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calycium
Moderator
Joined : 06 Apr 2008
Posts : 357
Location : oz
| | Subject: Re: know your cacti Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:39 pm | |
| Process of elimination
It wasn't one of the usual suspects, so you had to be displaying something more sneaky.
my next guess was going to be a blossfeldia |
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calycium
Moderator
Joined : 06 Apr 2008
Posts : 357
Location : oz
| | Subject: Re: know your cacti Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:40 pm | |
| Actually I have to admit noticing the logo on your picture and then trawled the site until I found it - only took 25 minutes.
But I got to look at a lot of nice tall cacti lol
Last edited by calycium on Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:05 am; edited 1 time in total |
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San Rainbow
Joined : 21 Apr 2008
Posts : 181
Location : south of the border
| | Subject: Re: know your cacti Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:49 am | |
| | funny that I did the same thing |
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