Ralf's collection - update 01/03/2016

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Post by CoronaCactus »

Awesome!
Beautiful plants, Ralf.
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Ah, some pretty sulcos in the mix this time!

Very nice, as usual.
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very beautiful!
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Post by Ralf »

Thanks so much for your neat comments.
Here are some images of the past week.

Gymnocalycium quehlianum sowed in 2006 with its first blossoms
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Lobivia winteriana sowed in 2003 with very variable blossom colors
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Lophophora jourdaniana
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beautiful! especially the jourdaniana
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Thanks Arjen!
I've bought it last year. :wink:
It's a small webshop who sells only Lophophora.
This plant cost about ~ 26 Euro.
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Great show
Your photos are so clear and sharp
What kind of camera set up do you use?
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Thanks Craig.

Therefor I use a Jenoptik for a really long time.
All images are taken in automatic macro modus and no tripod in use. All images are free hand shots. :D
You see I don't use any special setup. There are no secrets or other tricks.
For the treatment of the images I use PhotoFiltre. Therewith the images get a lower res and after that I use the sharpness tool.
That is all.

BTW
FotoFiltre is a freeware programm. :wink:
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Beautiful plants Ralf! Spring has really arrived in Germany!

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Nice Gymno! Fantastic stuff all around Ralf. :)
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Some images of the past days.

Copiapoa tenusissima
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Lophophora williamsii
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Lophophora williamsii var. caespitosa
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a small overview of my Lophophora
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Mammillaria mystax bought in 1990
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Neoporteria cephalophora
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Sulcorebutia breviflora L314
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Turbinicarpus flaviflorus
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Turbinicarpus krainzianus ssp. minimus
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Wow, you've still got Neoporteria flowers coming. Mine are long since baked off.
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Post by Jens »

I have some Neooporteria type plants still flowering too but all of these are inherited plants from a friend who used to store them in a dark place all winter. The ones that were in the Gh last winter are pretty much done too.
Did you just get your plant from someone else Ralf?

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Wow, that's some really nice turbs, lophs and Chileans :shock: :)
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you have remarkable plants, great show :notworthy:
With apologies to the late Professor C. D. Darlington the following misquotation springs to
mind ‘cactus taxonomy is the pursuit of the impossible by the incompetent’ - Fearn & Pearcy, Rebutia (1981)
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