Welcome Craig Fry!

[C And D]

Of course the best Turbi IMO is Turbinicarpus pseudopectinatus

The huge flower buds are just crazy how they just burst out of the tiny center.
I just can't resist taking photos, they may be better than the actual flowers, or not.

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Grafted Turbinicarpus pseudopectinatus v. inermis

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I'll take some photos when they open.

[Steve Johnson]

Great pics of your cacti, Craig! I'm so glad I was able to view your collection in person last March. By the way -- the cephalium of the Melo matanzanus I got from you is back in growth again.

[C And D]

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inermis

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[C And D]

Uebelmannia pectinifera var. pseudopectinifera

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Mammillaria spinosissima
Red Spined Form

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The Stenocactus are a late Winter Flowering Genus
The first one to flower for me is always Stenocactus vaupelianus

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Then the Stenocactus multicostatus

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Then the Stenocactus lloydii forms with long spines

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This came with the tag Stenocactus lamellosus,
which is a form of Stenocactus crispatus
I love the long maroon spines and purple flowers

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[jedtan]

Beautiful stenos!!!

[C And D]

Come and see me and Denise at the Orange County Cactus and Succulent Society Show and Sale
This Weekend, March 27-29

March 28-30, 2014
9-5, Fir
9-5, Sat
11-4. Sun

at the:
Anaheim United Methodist Church
1000 S. State Collage Blvd.
Anaheim, CA 92808

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Come and see us if you live in the area.

There are many plant venders, including C and D, Greg DeChirico, Duke Benadom, Steve Duey, Gary James, Dean Hart, John Mathews and several others including many club member sales, and potters.

Echinocereus pulchellus sharpii

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[Pincho]

hahaha this post is hilarious!
well well, I don´t know if this is consider as cheating but i actually use another site to upload my pics hehehe here: http://suboimagen.infojardin.com/subir- ... /index.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; see if it works, is in spanish from another cacti forum but it works perfectly, just clic in Examinar select your pic's destination in you pc (be sure it "weights" less than 300kb) and then Subir, when you do so It will show another message, you just gotta clic on the url theyput, or just ctrl+c it , just copied it, and then paste it on you message and voila! it should open once ou post it, just for being sure use the preview and you´ll see hahah tell me if it works XD i hope so, although i can´t actually see them once you upload them, because internet is so slow in here, it would be too much asking an via e-mail exposition? haha I´m really Cat-cuious and i soo wanna see you pics X3 please! Well hope it suits you bye bye!

[Pincho]

hahaha this post is hilarious!
well well, I don´t know if this is consider as cheating but i actually use another site to upload my pics hehehe here: http://suboimagen.infojardin.com/subir- ... /index.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; see if it works, is in spanish from another cacti forum but it works perfectly, just clic in Examinar select your pic's destination in you pc (be sure it "weights" less than 300kb) and then Subir, when you do so It will show another message, you just gotta clic on the url theyput, or just ctrl+c it , just copied it, and then paste it on you message and voila! it should open once ou post it, just for being sure use the preview and you´ll see hahah tell me if it works XD i hope so, although i can´t actually see them once you upload them, because internet is so slow in here, it would be too much asking an via e-mail exposition? haha I´m really Cat-cuious and i soo wanna see you pics X3 please! Well hope it suits you bye bye!

PD: T.T again didn´t realized i was reading the first post (there were 78 O.O omg), guess the info would be useless, for you should have learnt how to upload the pics years ago... i blame the htm looking pages, that´s all i can see when connected, internet is awful over here.. well, anyway, greetings X)

[C And D]

I'm not sure about the posts above ^, looks like spam

Spring has arrived, and it's a purple party this year.

And I changed my Avatar!!
Why? because the plant pictured in my old avatar died, so that means it's time for a new one. Yea!

This morning's surprise, Echinopsis hybrid
Mt. Girl

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Mammillaria zeilmanniana

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[C And D]

More Purple Party!!

Pelecyphora strobiliformis

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Strombocactus esperanzae

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I banked frozen pollen from my other plant that flowered 2 weeks ago.
Here's a demonstration of the application, I keep the little stick in the bottle.
I gathered more pollen from the current one in flower and just mixed it in the same bottle, I can use it on the other plant in case it decides to flower again. I will let you know if it works.

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Just look at the flowers in this group, they are almost all exactly the same color purple.
Top, Strombocactus esperanza, Pelecyphora strobiliformis, Mammillaria deherdtiana
Bottom, Echinocereus pulchellus, Turbinicarpus horripilus

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[Robb]

Nice purples C&D. Your strombocactus makes me wish my seedlings would grow faster haha. BTW I don't think Pincho's post is spam, they just got confused about which page they were on. Please keep up the flowers, they get me through our winter months!
Cheers!
-Robb

[C And D]

Last of the Purple Party...

a pure purple Mt. Girl, which would be a REJECT, they are supposed to have orange on the inside of the petals.

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Another photo of Mammillaria zeilmanniana

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and we have success wit the Frozen pollen transfer!! Yea

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[C And D]

Now the South American Cactus are going off.

Neoporteria (Eriosyce) carneoflora

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Neoportia floccose

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Neoporteria aerocarpa

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Neoporteria villosa

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Rebutia fabrisii aureiflora

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Rebutia kranziana
Red with a tint of orange

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Gymnocalycium stenopleurum
Denise's old three head beauty

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[C And D]

Just random photos taken the last couple weeks

Azketium ritteri, grafted

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collection of seed producers

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Neoporteria (Eriosyce) heinrichiana setosiflora

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Neoporteria occulta
These flowers have a rich smell, some of the best of the Cactus family,
but some of my clones have no smell, weird
note the self sow seedlings

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Sulcorebutia frankiana

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Sulcorebutia rauschia

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[hegar]

You do have some outstanding plants!
I love those huge Ariocarpus spp., the Pelecyphora plants, and of course the Aztekium specimens. Also, your Astrophytum caput-medusae cactus is beautiful.

Harald