Contest 62 : Your oldest cactus or succulent
Contest 62 : Your oldest cactus or succulent
January 2012-Your oldest cactus or succulent
You sure will have had a picture taken of the ancient one during all those years...
Note:
Remember, along with each contest is a seperate thread for discussion and posting all your "other" pics, Click here
Prize:
To the winner goes, A $10 gift certificate towards any CoronaCactus.com purchase. (Plants, tools, Pots, labels, etc.)
NOTE: For members outside of the USA non-plant prizes can only be awarded.
Deadline:
for submissions will be Wednesday, January 18th at 12 o´clock midnight Central Standart Time
Reference:
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Good Luck to all!!
John C and Jens
You sure will have had a picture taken of the ancient one during all those years...
Note:
Remember, along with each contest is a seperate thread for discussion and posting all your "other" pics, Click here
Prize:
To the winner goes, A $10 gift certificate towards any CoronaCactus.com purchase. (Plants, tools, Pots, labels, etc.)
NOTE: For members outside of the USA non-plant prizes can only be awarded.
Deadline:
for submissions will be Wednesday, January 18th at 12 o´clock midnight Central Standart Time
Reference:
New Format
Check here
Click for Contest Rules
here
Good Luck to all!!
John C and Jens
- cactushobbyman
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- Location: Sanger, California
My pride and joy
I got this cactus around 1980. The best I can remember 3.5" pot. She has been at her current home since 1995.
Brought it home when it was only a single head, about 3" wide in the spring of 2003 when the madness started for me.
It thrived in the ground up until last spring when an agave offset threatened to rip it apart.
Parodia magnifica
It is now in a pot and will probably spend the rest of its life going to shows.
It thrived in the ground up until last spring when an agave offset threatened to rip it apart.
Parodia magnifica
It is now in a pot and will probably spend the rest of its life going to shows.
Forget the dog...Beware of the plants!!!
Tony
Tony
Here is the Oldest - in terms of having it the longest....
Got these from a friend and planted them in the field roughly 20 years ago. I almost put up a flower pic, but I thought this pic gives a better feel for the actual plant.
(If I had to post the Oldest in terms of since the original seed germinated. It would probably be my S. x buckleyi. While mine is just a small cutting, the seed it came from is probably 100 years old or more.)
Got these from a friend and planted them in the field roughly 20 years ago. I almost put up a flower pic, but I thought this pic gives a better feel for the actual plant.
(If I had to post the Oldest in terms of since the original seed germinated. It would probably be my S. x buckleyi. While mine is just a small cutting, the seed it came from is probably 100 years old or more.)
All Cacti are succulents, but not all succulents are Cacti
- gemhunter178
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- Location: Massachusetts,USA. Zone 6A
Alright,I am doing what daiv said:here is my oldest cactus:
Mammillaria <species>
Mammillaria <species>
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.
- Preston Sands
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- Location: Prescott Valley, Arizona, USA
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- *Barracuda_52*
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Not a cactus but is just one of my many oldest plants.
True "Miniture Pink Starlight" Cryptanthus over 18 yrs old. Its gets EXTREME hot pink when grown in strong light.
This plants pups have been sent to many folks over the years and she has NEVER bloomed.
True "Miniture Pink Starlight" Cryptanthus over 18 yrs old. Its gets EXTREME hot pink when grown in strong light.
This plants pups have been sent to many folks over the years and she has NEVER bloomed.
A rescue dog is never to old to learn to be a real dog.
- Peterthecactusguy
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- Joined: Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:49 am
- Location: Black Canyon City, Arizona
This is my oldest cactus. It came with the property when me and my ex wife moved in circa 2004.
As you can see it's an old Saguaro. Generally they say they get their first arms at around 80 years old. This one has an small arm on one of its arms.
As you can see it's an old Saguaro. Generally they say they get their first arms at around 80 years old. This one has an small arm on one of its arms.
Here's to you, all you insidious creatures of green..er I mean cacti.