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by RichR
Sun Aug 21, 2011 1:06 pm
Forum: Cacti Places
Topic: Big Bend cactus bloom 2010
Replies: 32
Views: 5924

more Big Bend blooms

1. Opuntia spinosibacca (I think) http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/4438__MG_0601_3.jpg 2. Glandulicactus uncinatus v. wrightii http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/4438_07990807__Copy_1.jpg 3. Epithelantha bokei http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/4438_86478652_1.jpg 4. Coryphantha ech...
by RichR
Sun Aug 21, 2011 12:53 pm
Forum: Cacti Places
Topic: Big Bend cactus bloom 2010
Replies: 32
Views: 5924

more Big Bend blooms

1. Escobaria chaffeyi http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/4438_91939199b_2.jpg 2. Echinomastus warnockii http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/4438_6512F_1.jpg 3. Echinocactus horizonthalonius http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/4438_08050814_1.jpg 4. Escobaria tuberculosa v. tuberculosa h...
by RichR
Sun Aug 21, 2011 12:42 pm
Forum: Cacti Places
Topic: Big Bend cactus bloom 2010
Replies: 32
Views: 5924

Big Bend cactus bloom 2010

Here are a few pics from the great 2010 cactus bloom in Big Bend. I tried uploading ten the first time and it didn't work, so I'll start with a few and see what happens: 1. Opuntia chisoensis http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/4438_97569763b_2.jpg 2. Escobaria duncanii http://www.cactiguide.com...
by RichR
Sat Aug 20, 2011 1:53 pm
Forum: New Member Welcome
Topic: New member from Austin, TX
Replies: 19
Views: 2715

Thanks, Daiv. I borrowed from several designs and added some modifications. I'm already wishing it could have been bigger but I was maxed out on space to begin with.
by RichR
Fri Aug 19, 2011 1:13 pm
Forum: New Member Welcome
Topic: New member from Austin, TX
Replies: 19
Views: 2715

Rather than try to upload pictures into the forum, it would be easier if folks just went to my website to see the cactus pictures. I've just uploaded a batch; there will be more to come. Sorry some of them have not been captioned yet. I'll get to that when I can. There is an explanation of a techniq...
by RichR
Fri Aug 19, 2011 12:57 pm
Forum: New Member Welcome
Topic: New member from Austin, TX
Replies: 19
Views: 2715

Thanks, Harriet. I'd be delighted to answer any photography questions anyone has.
by RichR
Fri Aug 19, 2011 12:02 pm
Forum: New Member Welcome
Topic: New member from Austin, TX
Replies: 19
Views: 2715

New member from Austin, TX

Hello everyone. I'm a professional nature photographer who specializes in Texas wildflowers (including cacti). I've been photographing for more than 40 years but have been collecting cacti for only two years. I recently built a 9'X16' greenhouse for them which currently houses about 500 specimens, p...
by RichR
Thu Aug 18, 2011 3:37 pm
Forum: Cultivation
Topic: wood mulches for cactus gardens
Replies: 3
Views: 3291

wood mulches for cactus gardens

Does anyone have any experience they can share regarding the use of wood mulch in a cactus garden? I visited the cactus garden at the Roy Bean Visitor Center in Langtry, TX recently, and the gardener there told me their cacti had been doing substantially better since they applied a cedar mulch. Of c...