Ralf's collection - update 01/03/2016

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Now after almost one week of more intensive care I do get my pay for all of this.

Epithelantha bokei something will happen
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Mammillaria bocasana
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Mammillaria duwei
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Mammillaria kleiniorum
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Mammillaria monancistracantha
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Mammillaria roseocentra SB444
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Rebutia flavistyla
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Rebutia minuscula
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Turbinicarpus krainzianus
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Turbinicarpus schwarzii
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Beautiful plants and shots as always. Really like the mams. :)
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Post by hegar »

Ralf,
those Turbinicarpus plants are cute. I will try to acquire a few species in addition to the T. valdezianus and see, if I can get them to grow in the ground here.

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ralf, really beautiful flowers! great caring for them as always, especially the turbs look great
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Thanks for your neat comments, guys.
Here are some images still from yesterday.

Escobaria minima
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Turbinicarpus polaskii
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Fantastic plants and wonderfully detailed flower photos! I enjoy seeing many plants I am not growing. The small Mammillaria are special indeed.

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You plants are all so beautiful! The Turbis are all outstanding! Nice way to start the day!

Mammillaria monancistracantha - THAT'S quite a mouthful! I nominate it for tongue-twister of the week! :D
Disclaimer: I'm in sunny Arizona, so any advice I give may not apply in your circumstances.

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Thanks guys! :)

Tim, indeed that's true. :D :D
M. monancistracanta is now lumped into M. nana ssp. nana. Probably had someone other the same linguistic problems and vote for an easier name. :wink:
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Post by Peterthecactusguy »

Ralf, LoL probably did vote for the easier name to say!

I enjoyed the images of your plants as always they are beautiful! :)
Here's to you, all you insidious creatures of green..er I mean cacti.
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I too enjoyed these a lot, great pictures of great flowers!
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mind ‘cactus taxonomy is the pursuit of the impossible by the incompetent’ - Fearn & Pearcy, Rebutia (1981)
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Beautiful plants Ralf. :)
Forget the dog...Beware of the plants!!!

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On 30. April I went to a meeting to The World Oldest Cacti Nursery Kakteen-Haage in Erfurt, Germany.
I good friend of mine took many images and made a slideshow of it. Enjoy!

Images of the meeting (click on "Diaschau" on the right edge)

After that meeting I owned some new plants.

Astrophytum myriostigma var. strongylogonum Guadalcazar
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Echinocereus baileyi Caddo County Oklahoma (winter hardy)
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Echinocereus chloranthus SB131 (winter hardy)
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Echinocereus chloranthus ssp. cylindraceus SB57 (winter hardy)
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Echinocereus fendleri SB51 (winter hardy)
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Echinocereus kuenzleri SB353 (winter hardy)
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Echinocereus reichenbachii ssp. perbellus SB259 (winter hardy)
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Echinocereus toroweapensis Toroweap Point (Grand Canyon) (winter hardy)
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Echinocereus viridiflorus SB872 (winter hardy)
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Escobaria emkoetteriana
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Escobaria leei (winter hardy)
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Escobaria roseana SB277
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Escobaria zilziana
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Ferocactus rectispinus Tucson, Az :D
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Mammillaria huitzilopochtli
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Mammillaria perezdelarosae
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Mammillaria thornberi Organ Pipe, Az :D
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Mammillaria tlalocii
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Mammillaria wrightii SB374
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Pediocactus knowltonii
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Sulcorebutia steinbachii
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Great new plants you've got your self, both "outsiders" and other :)
/Christer
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I love that Pediocactus. Is it on its own roots?
--ian
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