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Contest 33 - Winners Page

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Vote for your favorite flower bud photo

Poll ended at Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:58 pm

Andy_CT - Gymnocalycium sp.
2
6%
PeterB - Sclerocactus parviflorus RP22
1
3%
hob - matacuna intertextus
2
6%
ihc6480 - Opuntia macrorhiza
0
No votes
iann - Fenestraria 'Fireworth'
4
12%
Tony - Gymnocalycium bruchii
0
No votes
willpower - Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus
0
No votes
birdguy34 - Agave parryi var. huachucensis
4
12%
Lee - Gasteria sp.
0
No votes
Buck Hemenway - Pilosocereus pachycladus
3
9%
daiv - Grusonia invicta
0
No votes
nacho - Ferocactus glaucescens
0
No votes
hablu - Crassula capitella
1
3%
Saguaro123 - Cintia knizei
1
3%
Rachael321 - Thelocactus setispinus
0
No votes
John C - Echinopsis sp.
0
No votes
LuvDemCacti - Gymnocalycium sp.
0
No votes
hegar - Echinocereus triglochidiatus
1
3%
cactuspolecat - Gymnocalycium baldianum
5
15%
jeffrey6115 - Mammillaria senilis
1
3%
GeneS - Neochilenia crispa
4
12%
Moonbeam - Gymnocalycium schatzlianum
0
No votes
legolas29 - Echinocereus pectinatus
3
9%
cactusveda - Opuntia sp.
1
3%
njcactus - Echinocereus rigidissimus v. rubispinus
1
3%
 
Total votes : 34

Contest 33 - Winners Page

Postby CoronaCactus » Fri Mar 20, 2009 3:58 pm

Contest 33: Flower Buds
Congrats to cactuspolecat!
Gymnocalycium baldianum
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and here is the follow up pic of the flowers open.
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Wow, what a turnout! Incredible pics everybody, thanks for participating.

It's going to be a tough choice!

To view all the submissions, click here

Deadline for voting will be Friday, March 27, 2009

Good Luck to all!!

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Postby John C » Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:15 pm

WOW! Great turnout! And Great pics everyone!!! :D
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Postby CoronaCactus » Thu Mar 26, 2009 3:34 pm

Sorry folks, i just realised i did not have a date for the deadline, just March 2009.

Hopefully you've all remebered voting lasts 1 week.

So the deadline is tomorrow!
Friday March 27, 2009.
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Postby daiv » Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:18 pm

Has the winner not yet been officially declared?

It seems CP has taken the lead by one ahead of Gene, Chris, and Ian!

Nice work CP! =D>

Great turnout everyone! And I even forgot to send the announcement on this contest.
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Postby iann » Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:40 pm

I forgot to vote :? Is it over? At least a good photo won and my vote wouldn't have changed that :)
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Postby daiv » Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:42 pm

Yeah, that's it for votes.
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Postby ihc6480 » Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:57 pm

Way to go CP. Congrats on your win :thumbleft:
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Postby hablu » Sat Mar 28, 2009 10:35 pm

CP, congrats with your victory. great shot.
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Postby John C » Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:06 pm

Congrats CP!!!!! Great photo! 8) Actually everyone had great photos! :)
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Postby Saguaro123 » Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:08 pm

Congrats CP!!! :occasion7: Everyone entered wonderful photos. (Except for me because my camera won't focus.:roll:) and would have been a tough contest to choose from. :D
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Postby birdguy34 » Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:08 am

Woohoo CP-congrats! Now where are you going to find 35 plants for those pots??????????
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Postby CoronaCactus » Sun Mar 29, 2009 1:20 am

Well done!
Congrats CP!

Congrats to our runner ups, in a 3-way tie, birdguy34, GeneS and iann.

and a 2-way tie 2nd runner up Congrats to legolas29 and Buck Hemenway.

Good job fellas!

I'm going to start to change these Voting Page threads, to Winners Page threads and displaying the winning photo in the first post. I'll slowly go back to when i started as contest host. Just a bit more of a showcase for the winner 8)
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Postby daiv » Sun Mar 29, 2009 3:05 am

Good idea on moving the winner here Darryl!
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Postby peter » Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:43 am

Congrats CP!
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Postby Tony » Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:07 pm

good one CP! 8)
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