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Re: Peterb's new, revised 2012

Postby hoteidoc » Sun Apr 08, 2012 12:46 pm

Knockout pix, Peter!
@Tristan - Go down to local animal shelter & I'll be you'll find many great volunteers! For busy lifestyles, including long weekends -- can't beat a kittie -- or 2! :D
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Re: Peterb's new, revised 2012

Postby Harriet » Sun Apr 08, 2012 12:56 pm

Up until now I thought of you as the "Lone Wanderer," now I'll have to add "Master of the Sagging Pallets." :)
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Re: Peterb's new, revised 2012

Postby peterb » Sun Apr 08, 2012 4:14 pm

Ha, Harriet, well...I am 50 after all. :-)
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Re: Peterb's new, revised 2012

Postby peterb » Thu Apr 12, 2012 2:19 pm

some new ones, hope you enjoy.

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old Esco organensis, starting to really clump out.
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side view of the nice ctenoides, from seed sown years ago, first flower for some reason. Basically, a pectinatus plant with a sort of dasyacanthus flower. Fascinating.
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Re: Peterb's new, revised 2012

Postby Harriet » Thu Apr 12, 2012 2:38 pm

What's not to enjoy? Beautiful!
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Re: Peterb's new, revised 2012

Postby iann » Thu Apr 12, 2012 2:58 pm

My Escobarias are as fat as they ever get but no sign of flowers yet. No flower from E. ctenoides either, but I'm really looking forward to it one day.
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Re: Peterb's new, revised 2012

Postby Arjen » Fri Apr 13, 2012 6:26 am

very beautiful!
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Re: Peterb's new, revised 2012

Postby peterb » Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:50 pm

a few new things, transitioning here from the early spring flowers to the hotter weather plants:
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another few years to recover from the severe scorching on the side facing away.
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close up of sneedii's flowers, nicely fringed, lots of details
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great stigma color
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Re: Peterb's new, revised 2012

Postby Andy_CT » Thu Apr 19, 2012 2:15 pm

Love that E. organensis clump!
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Re: Peterb's new, revised 2012

Postby Tony » Thu Apr 19, 2012 2:57 pm

Love the "raft"!
and all the sweet clumps. :)
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Re: Peterb's new, revised 2012

Postby Peterthecactusguy » Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:47 pm

Lotsa nice plants PeterB. Love those E. sneedii's wonderful flowers. The close up was brilliant I think I need some of those :)
Here's to you, all you insidious creatures of green..er I mean cacti.
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Re: Peterb's new, revised 2012

Postby peterb » Thu Apr 26, 2012 2:13 pm

some new ones.

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E engelmannii with maybe some fasciculatus, from Florence AZ
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spritely Mammillaria blossfeldiana
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"dasyacanthus" from Pdecos County TX, one of the ones Powell and Weedin speculate is an introgressed hybrid with coccineus.
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side by side with regular yellow dasyacanthus
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I like the white spines too
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Re: Peterb's new, revised 2012

Postby iann » Thu Apr 26, 2012 2:29 pm

That picture shows why E. ctenoides is so desirable.
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Re: Peterb's new, revised 2012

Postby tumamoc » Thu Apr 26, 2012 4:48 pm

E engelmannii with maybe some fasciculatus

I think that aptly describes most of the Echinocereus I see on a daily basis :).
Nice photos as usual. That O. basilaris flower is awesome.
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Re: Peterb's new, revised 2012

Postby hoteidoc » Thu Apr 26, 2012 11:30 pm

2nd Tumamoc's praise of basilaris! Which reminds me -- What's the diff between basilaris & microdaysis v. rufida? :-k I inherited one or the other -- hoping basilaris -- more cold-hardy & love blossom :D
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