Contest 34: Discussion and Related pics

John C · Post by **John C** » Wed May 06, 2009 6:48 pm

Nice plants Ian and Darryl!

Post by **daiv** » Thu May 07, 2009 3:31 am

Cool pics everyone! I meant to take some today, but I forgot my camera! I'll go again tomorrow.

PS. Darryl - Geroge is the name of his little pets (usually Daffy or Bugs).

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Thu May 07, 2009 6:41 am

ah yes, thats right...he names them George!
Well, you knew what i meant

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Thu May 07, 2009 1:37 pm

Loving the wooly/fuzzy stuff. I don't really have anything, I don't think. Ian, don't think I've seen such a wooly lophophoroides before.

peterb

hablu · Post by **hablu** » Thu May 07, 2009 2:57 pm

I wanted not a cactus. Therefore two other pictures for this fuzzycompetition.
Another Anacampseros and some seedpots from a Notocactus. (cactusrelated) It was a hard choise between the two Ana's; I like this one for it's orange and white. I chosed the other because of the wool and the slight resemblance of Ariocarpus.
greets harry

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Thu May 07, 2009 3:00 pm

I saw some more wooly stuff than I remembered this morning. Took a photo of Astrophytum asterias that's cool, too:

not really that wooly though. I do like how the photo contests make me see things differently though.

peterb

birdguy34 · Post by **birdguy34** » Thu May 07, 2009 7:45 pm

Peter,
Thanks for showing the Pediocactus winkleri. This is same type I'm getting pretty good germination after doing the acid thing.
Chris

dustin0352 · Post by **dustin0352** » Thu May 07, 2009 8:28 pm

This was my alternate photo. Didnt use it cause I just couldnt get a crystal clear shot, and figured there would have been a bunch of em enterd.

cactuspolecat · Post by **cactuspolecat** » Thu May 07, 2009 9:09 pm

Just a few of many others I did'nt choose! this is a great topic with some really nice shots!

CP

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Thu May 07, 2009 10:24 pm

Really great pics, guys!
Happy to see this topic is well received

Harry,
Nice to see you mix it up with a succulent! Good choice with the Anacampseros.

hegar · Post by **hegar** » Fri May 08, 2009 1:56 am

Here are two more images of the mystery Opuntia sp. One is more of a close-up, but I decided to show more of the plant's body.

Harald

P.S.: I shipped the rest of the plant to Dave Ferguson at the Albuquerque Zoo, but will have to contact him in order to find out if he was able to obtain any additional information about or flowers from it.

nacho · Post by **nacho** » Fri May 08, 2009 6:00 am

I posted a Echinocactus grusonii because I love his wool

Here is a panoramic of the echinocactus

Nacho

Post by **daiv** » Sat May 09, 2009 1:23 am

By the way, here's my entry back when I first got it.

Not etiolated!

But I also see that it didn't have any of the wool. Is the wool actually a type of cephalium on Copiapoas?

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Sat May 09, 2009 12:54 pm

hegar wrote:Here are two more images of the mystery Opuntia sp. One is more of a close-up, but I decided to show more of the plant's body.

Harald

P.S.: I shipped the rest of the plant to Dave Ferguson at the Albuquerque Zoo, but will have to contact him in order to find out if he was able to obtain any additional information about or flowers from it.

Harold,
I had a few Opuntia orbiculata's that were seed grown, the original stem looked just like that, as it added new pads the fur stoped growing and was replaced by glochids. To bad they have to grow up.

I dont have them anymore But Darrel has one now. Does that plant still have fur on it D?

iann · Post by **iann** » Sat May 09, 2009 10:27 pm

Is the wool actually a type of cephalium on Copiapoas?

Nope, just wool. Not all species even have it and most lose it very quickly if they are exposed to the elements. A cephalium is a highly modified stem growth which we perceive as very woolly because the areoles are now densely packed with virtually no green tissue between them. Copiapoas can change radically in their adult form but the stem growth is always normal with spaced out areoles having plenty of photosynthetic tissue between them.