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PostSubject: Took a few photos today (Picture Heavy)   Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:16 pm
Decided to put them in this section rather than have to put them in different areas.

Day off work due to machinery breakage so got the camera out after I took a couple of pics for the competition and well I couldn't stop Laughing

Mammillaria sp 23cm sqaure pot ..................................................................Denmoza rhococantha


Ferocactus pilosis.............................................................................................sulco mariana ??


Echinocactus grusonii................................................................................L. williamsii


Gymnocalycium horstii........sorry PD .......................................................................copiapoa dealbata


Copiapoa cinerea.........................................................................................echinocactus ingens


Copiapoa haseltonnia clump....................................................................astrophytum ornatum v. virens


Haageacereus versicolor...............................................................Pachycereus pringleii


Hope you like them Very Happy
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PostSubject: Re: Took a few photos today (Picture Heavy)   Wed Jun 11, 2008 6:11 pm
Very nice and diverse selection of plants there Betty. I always enjoy seeing other peoples plants. Those Copiapoa spp. are great, nice size too, have been getting interested in this genus lately.

Thanks for sharing. Always keen to see some more.
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PostSubject: Re: Took a few photos today (Picture Heavy)   Wed Jun 11, 2008 6:32 pm
Trig the Copiapoas are one of my favourite cacti, there is something about them as they age. They tend to look a little haggard but with great character. The c.dealbata just keeps looking better each year Wink I have a few more but they have had stop start growth and look bloody horrible LOL
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PostSubject: Re: Took a few photos today (Picture Heavy)   Wed Jun 11, 2008 6:39 pm
Have you considered grafting the ones that look 'bloody horrible', it is my understanding that they grow quite slowly.

Yeah they do look a bit haggard lol in a noble kind of way, I like them. Planning on growing some from seed next season.

I really like all the cacti in the pics, a few there I have always wanted to grow, one day I will.
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PostSubject: Re: Took a few photos today (Picture Heavy)   Wed Jun 11, 2008 6:46 pm
Some slower than others Trig, the c. cinerea has been the fastest growing so far.

I will let them grow as they are and hope they push out the dents next spring. One was a pup (from a plant a friend rescued, the plant grew under a dark bench) and its elongated and has a couple of growing points (like its had a marking bands around it) and I hoping with better care that it may plump out these bits. If not they will stay ugly Rolling Eyes I like ugly anyway LOL
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PostSubject: Re: Took a few photos today (Picture Heavy)   Wed Jun 11, 2008 10:56 pm
What are the white fluffy bits at the top of the copiapoa?

Sorry for the noob question - but I have one too - and I thought it was rot so I have started a special treatment haha.... (dry and warm).

I love the photos, you have a nice collection.
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PostSubject: Re: Took a few photos today (Picture Heavy)   Wed Jun 11, 2008 11:41 pm
mmmmmmmmmmmm, ya had to do it didnt ya Betty. haha.
Very nice shots Very Happy Im liking that C. dealbata!
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PostSubject: Re: Took a few photos today (Picture Heavy)   Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:05 am
slim6y wrote:
What are the white fluffy bits at the top of the copiapoa?

Sorry for the noob question - but I have one too - and I thought it was rot so I have started a special treatment haha.... (dry and warm).

I love the photos, you have a nice collection.


Thanks and Slim6y that is wool and that is one thing that is great about them. As the age they get more and can change to off white/yellowish in some species. Its a way of protecting themselves again the harsh sun in habitat.

The more the better I reckon Wink
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PostSubject: Re: Took a few photos today (Picture Heavy)   Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:08 am
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mmmmmmmmmmmm, ya had to do it didnt ya Betty. haha.
Very nice shots Very Happy Im liking that C. dealbata!


Sorrrrrrrrrrrrry PD I had to Twisted Evil its not at its best at the moment Smile Dealbata is a ripper isn't it. So ugly and scarred but beautiful.
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PostSubject: Re: Took a few photos today (Picture Heavy)   Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:50 pm
Hi Betty Smile Haha stalking you Razz

I love your plants Betty theyre all amazeing, but that Mamm is just too cool, cant believe i said that when theres Astro,Fero and Copiapoas:o
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PostSubject: Re: Took a few photos today (Picture Heavy)   Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:25 pm
Geez I had better watch out then Michael ............ stalkers are strange aren't they? Laughing

I can't believe you said that about a Mamm either...............not going soft are you Twisted Evil
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PostSubject: Re: Took a few photos today (Picture Heavy)   Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:45 pm
funny that I thought the same thing about the Mammillaria Laughing , what kind is it?
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PostSubject: Re: Took a few photos today (Picture Heavy)   Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:00 pm
No idea it has little purple flowers had a rough ID once but can't remember what now Laughing

Will have to wait till it flowers again Rolling Eyes

San Rainbow like your new avatar
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PostSubject: Re: Took a few photos today (Picture Heavy)   Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:01 pm
Nah im not goin soft, well maybe i am, but thats bout the only mamm i really like Razz
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PostSubject: Re: Took a few photos today (Picture Heavy)   Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:17 pm
parrotsheaven wrote:
No idea it has little purple flowers had a rough ID once but can't remember what now Laughing

Will have to wait till it flowers again Rolling Eyes

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cheers betty, shucks
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