TimN 2012 Photo Topic
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I repotted over 50 plants today and snapped a few pictures.
The Cintia has two more buds on it so I should get a non-drowned picture in a few weeks.
The Cintia has two more buds on it so I should get a non-drowned picture in a few weeks.
Disclaimer: I'm in sunny Arizona, so any advice I give may not apply in your circumstances.
Tim
Tim
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great show tim! especially the melanocentra is breathtaking!
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)
mind ‘cactus taxonomy is the pursuit of the impossible by the incompetent’ - Fearn & Pearcy, Rebutia (1981)
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Thanks Arjen, that M. melanocentra has been a big producer for a few years now.
I took a few more pictures yesterday....
More to come....
I took a few more pictures yesterday....
More to come....
Disclaimer: I'm in sunny Arizona, so any advice I give may not apply in your circumstances.
Tim
Tim
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More pictures...
yet more to come....
yet more to come....
Disclaimer: I'm in sunny Arizona, so any advice I give may not apply in your circumstances.
Tim
Tim
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The last batch for today...
Whew! Todays lesson; if you can keep them alive long enough, they get pretty big!
Whew! Todays lesson; if you can keep them alive long enough, they get pretty big!
Disclaimer: I'm in sunny Arizona, so any advice I give may not apply in your circumstances.
Tim
Tim
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Fabulous show, Tim ! Not enough space to list all the "likes". There's just that BIG IF...
Once bitten by the cactus collecting/growing bug, there is no known cure!
There's no 12 step programme for Cactaholics...so I shall just have to get some more!!
There's no 12 step programme for Cactaholics...so I shall just have to get some more!!
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Wow! That's quite a show!
A cactus and succulent collector who especially likes Ariocarpus. …Though I have a bit of everything! Want some pictures? See my flickr! I also do art and such.
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Beautiful as always Tim. The one you call E. micromeris is unguispinus I think. Anyway, man, just amazing stuff. Wasn't it just a few years ago you had like three plants?
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Thanks for the kind comments all! I really enjoy sharing my plants here.
LOL @ peterb. I started collecting cactus in earnest around 2006, so it's been six years! I've been trying to whittle down the collection ever since, it seems!
I prepared a plant for shipping today and found a volunteer seedling of some sort. So it wound up as a draw! One plant sent away and a new plant just getting started.
LOL @ peterb. I started collecting cactus in earnest around 2006, so it's been six years! I've been trying to whittle down the collection ever since, it seems!
I prepared a plant for shipping today and found a volunteer seedling of some sort. So it wound up as a draw! One plant sent away and a new plant just getting started.
Disclaimer: I'm in sunny Arizona, so any advice I give may not apply in your circumstances.
Tim
Tim
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very beautiful plants and flowers tim, especially the clumps are impressive!
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)
mind ‘cactus taxonomy is the pursuit of the impossible by the incompetent’ - Fearn & Pearcy, Rebutia (1981)
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Wow - really gorgeous displays!
Congrats on the blooming Pelecyphora strobiliformis - nice plant!
Congrats on the blooming Pelecyphora strobiliformis - nice plant!
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Beautiful flowers and shots as always, Tim!
I've some names for your stunning plants if you want and accept.
This one seems to be Echinocereus knippelianus ssp. kruegeri. Its flowers arising from the apex and have 3-4 thin, curly spines.
These two beauties
are probably Mammillaria parkinsonii. To compare have a look at Mammillaria.net. The apperance seems more like M. parkinsonii than Mammillaria pettersonii.
However they are really beautiful.
I've some names for your stunning plants if you want and accept.
This one seems to be Echinocereus knippelianus ssp. kruegeri. Its flowers arising from the apex and have 3-4 thin, curly spines.
These two beauties
are probably Mammillaria parkinsonii. To compare have a look at Mammillaria.net. The apperance seems more like M. parkinsonii than Mammillaria pettersonii.
However they are really beautiful.
Only when the last tree has died, the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize that we cannot eat money.
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Good stuff Tim!
It’s not the fall that kills you; it’s the sudden stop at the end.
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Thanks, Ralf! I knew it was Mammillaria p-something!
And thanks to everyone else for your kind comments. Glad you are enjoying the pics as much as I enjoy taking them.
I'm really happy about the P. strobiliformis. I just wish I could keep a P. asseliformis alive!
And thanks to everyone else for your kind comments. Glad you are enjoying the pics as much as I enjoy taking them.
I'm really happy about the P. strobiliformis. I just wish I could keep a P. asseliformis alive!
Disclaimer: I'm in sunny Arizona, so any advice I give may not apply in your circumstances.
Tim
Tim
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Nice picture show!
I would have assumed the Mammillaria hybrid was heyderi. Anyway, looks a lot like those near the Pima-Cochise County line.
a Mammaillaria hybrid from Miles2Go. It's got a big fat root like M. coahuilense.
I would have assumed the Mammillaria hybrid was heyderi. Anyway, looks a lot like those near the Pima-Cochise County line.