"Monster Cactus" -Contest Number 9 (Submissions On

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"Monster Cactus" -Contest Number 9 (Submissions On

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OK, this is a topic of picture contests that is definately due. How about those Monstrose cacti? What have you got growing or have pictures of that is a real mutant, twisted, gnarly beast!?!

Post all your pictures for "Monster Cactus" -Contest Number 9 in this thread.

Contest will run from July 23 through August 5

You have Until July 29, 2006 to enter a picture in the contest.

Voting will be from July 30 to August 5

Please review this post for the contest rules: http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=888

I know this is in question right now, but as of this contest, please post pictures no larger than 600 pixels in either height or width!

Show us your monsTEr!
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Post by daiv »

OK, well, I haven't got much in the way of Monstrous cacti, but I do have this mutant version of Pachycereus schottii. It's ugliness ought to be worth a vote or two. :wink:

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Post by Amy »

Here's my monstrosity, although it's not very scary looking!

Myrtillocactus geometrizans

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Post by M S Smith »

This plant came from Cactus Corral many years ago and was simply called "Trichocereus peruvianus." Often this plant gets called T. pachanoi, but it is quite different than the standard T. pachanoi in collections.

I got normal and monstrose forms, this is the monstrose form and due to the need to distinguish it from the mess that is T. peruvianus I added the name "Short Spined," so this is the monstrose form of the short spined T. peruvianus.

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Post by Dominique »

Here is my tiny monster : echinopsis subdenudata monstruosa
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My dragon..... :)

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Copiapoa cinerea ssp. columna-alba
from Esmeralda, Chile.

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Copiapoa humilis var. tenuissima MONSTROSE!
I picked this one up at the local cactus clubs sale 2 weeks ago. Its a real beauty
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Post by hob »

Cereus monstrose cv. 'Camelot' the only monster i have at the moment (apart from me) :lol:

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Here's my "Monster". It is one of the many forms of Cereus peruvianus/hildemannianus monstrose. This is a very actively growing plant an will be too big for its spot before long.

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Post by aajoo »

Here are my crest forms. They share the same pot and seem to live in perfect armony...
Opuntia cylindrica cristata & Hildewintera aureispina v. cristata:
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contest no 9

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here is my entry for the contest.
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Post by GeneS »

Here is my entry for the contest ...
http://dgimages.smugmug.com/photos/83746423-M.jpg

The extremely rare and interesting monster cactus of the Sonoran desert --Lumenessum Belua.

franj has surely seen this one in habitat and can supply field study information :)

Failing that, follow this link for another view and the full story of this unusual monster.
http://tucson.home.att.net/art/sticklizard.html

I'm not sure if my photo assistant is in awe of the stick lizzard and monsters, or just mad at me for making him sit out in the midday sun while I play with the camera :)

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Who does not collect monstrose, crested or varigated cacti but does save them for friends that do!!
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Here is my Cleistocactus winteri monstrose. it is diffifult to photograph and capture it's uniqueness:
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Post by hegar »

I do not have any personal mostrose cactus per se, but I took a digital image of one growing in the wild during one of our local excursions. May I present: Echinocereus chloranthus.


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