Contest 34: Discussion and Related pics
- CoronaCactus
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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
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
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- CoronaCactus
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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.
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,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.
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?
Forget the dog...Beware of the plants!!!
Tony
Tony
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.Is the wool actually a type of cephalium on Copiapoas?
--ian