Winter in Arizona - my prime cactus flowering season
- ElieEstephane
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Re: Winter in Arizona - my prime cactus flowering season
Fantastic plants and flowers!
There are more cacti in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
One of the few cactus lovers in Lebanon (zone 11a)
One of the few cactus lovers in Lebanon (zone 11a)
- WayneByerly
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Re: Winter in Arizona - my prime cactus flowering season
Not only are the pictures of cactus flowers themselves absolutely fantastic, but the quality of the photographs themselves is beyond just excellent. Nice composition, good Focus, high resolution. Thanks for posting these pictures, they're great.
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- xturmin8or
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Re: Winter in Arizona - my prime cactus flowering season
Awesome flowers! Thanks for sharing those.
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Adrian
Adrian
Re: Winter in Arizona - my prime cactus flowering season
A Discocactus that survived freezing temperatures outdoors.
Discocactus alteolens {syn D. placentiformis)
Discocactus alteolens {syn D. placentiformis)
Re: Winter in Arizona - my prime cactus flowering season
Thank you.elieestephane wrote:Fantastic plants and flowers!
Re: Winter in Arizona - my prime cactus flowering season
Thank you for those very kind words Wayne.WayneByerly wrote:Not only are the pictures of cactus flowers themselves absolutely fantastic, but the quality of the photographs themselves is beyond just excellent. Nice composition, good Focus, high resolution. Thanks for posting these pictures, they're great.
Re: Winter in Arizona - my prime cactus flowering season
Thank you, and you are most welcome.xturmin8or wrote:Awesome flowers! Thanks for sharing those.
Re: Winter in Arizona - my prime cactus flowering season
Pic of Micranthocereus polyanthus ssp. alvinii (with Arrojadoa dinae and Pereskia portu clacifolia) in the entranceway to my house - pic taken this morning at 10am.
Re: Winter in Arizona - my prime cactus flowering season
Micranthocereus polyanthus ssp. alvinii:
..... at least that is what they are supposed to be.
..... at least that is what they are supposed to be.
- ElieEstephane
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Re: Winter in Arizona - my prime cactus flowering season
Beautiful flowers James!
There are more cacti in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
One of the few cactus lovers in Lebanon (zone 11a)
One of the few cactus lovers in Lebanon (zone 11a)
- WayneByerly
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Re: Winter in Arizona - my prime cactus flowering season
We use adjectives such as beautiful and extraordinary to such an extent that they no longer have the weight that they should have in describing things. Nonetheless, they are all we have. And so I will use them yet one more time, in agreement with others that have replied to these postings you have made here, that these flowers are indeed extraordinarily beautiful.
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- ElieEstephane
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Re: Winter in Arizona - my prime cactus flowering season
There are limited times when one can say beautiful plants, flowers etc without sounding redundant. However the feeling is honest.
There are more cacti in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
One of the few cactus lovers in Lebanon (zone 11a)
One of the few cactus lovers in Lebanon (zone 11a)
Re: Winter in Arizona - my prime cactus flowering season
Thank you - they gladden my days.elieestephane wrote:Beautiful flowers James!
Re: Winter in Arizona - my prime cactus flowering season
Again, thank you Wayne. These postings are my homage to these wonderful cacti and the glorious flowers that they produce.WayneByerly wrote:We use adjectives such as beautiful and extraordinary to such an extent that they no longer have the weight that they should have in describing things. Nonetheless, they are all we have. And so I will use them yet one more time, in agreement with others that have replied to these postings you have made here, that these flowers are indeed extraordinarily beautiful.
- WayneByerly
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Re: Winter in Arizona - my prime cactus flowering season
"Glorious"... what an extraordinarily appropriate adjective.
Make the moral choice & always do what's right. Be a good example. Be part of the solution & make a contribution to society, or be part of the problem & end your life with nothing but regrets. Live a life you can be proud of! Zone 7a