Contest 76 : Red Spines
Contest 76 : Red Spines
March 2013-Red Spines
All the red spined or -thorned ones.
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 March 20 th at 12 o´clock midnight Central Standard Time
Reference:
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Good Luck to all!!
John C and Jens
All the red spined or -thorned ones.
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 March 20 th at 12 o´clock midnight Central Standard Time
Reference:
New Format
Check here
Click for Contest Rules
here
Good Luck to all!!
John C and Jens
Re: Contest 76 : Red Spines
Well, those are pretty RED spines in the first photo of the contest.
But these'll add variety.
First, here's Trichocereus formosa (DJF175) aglow in evening's light.
But these'll add variety.
First, here's Trichocereus formosa (DJF175) aglow in evening's light.
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Re: Contest 76 : Red Spines
My contribution - Mammillaria spinosissima "rubrispina"
By Choice, Not Chance.
Re: Contest 76 : Red Spines
OK, here's my entry. A Ferocactus cylindraceaus (or should I say acanthodes?) in Western AZ:
All Cacti are succulents, but not all succulents are Cacti
Re: Contest 76 : Red Spines
Not a drop of water for 4 months but still growing...
Re: Contest 76 : Red Spines
It won't hurt to try again:
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Re: Contest 76 : Red Spines
Going small!
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.
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Re: Contest 76 : Red Spines
Ferocactus pilosus
Re: Contest 76 : Red Spines
Should we have a whole contest for just Echinocactus polycephalus?
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Re: Contest 76 : Red Spines
Euphorbia virosa new growth is brilliant red...
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Re: Contest 76 : Red Spines
Triple red!
Stones, flowers and spines.
Stones, flowers and spines.
Only when the last tree has died, the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize that we cannot eat money.
(Wisdom of the Cree Indians)
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(Wisdom of the Cree Indians)
Cacti encyclopedia | Facebook
Re: Contest 76 : Red Spines
mammillaria spinosissima
With apologies to the late Professor C. D. Darlington the following misquotation springs to
mind ‘cactus taxonomy is the pursuit of the impossible by the incompetent’ - Fearn & Pearcy, Rebutia (1981)
mind ‘cactus taxonomy is the pursuit of the impossible by the incompetent’ - Fearn & Pearcy, Rebutia (1981)
Re: Contest 76 : Red Spines
Echinomastus johnsonii 'lutescens' after the rain last week.
peterb
peterb
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Re: Contest 76 : Red Spines
Mammillaria spinosissima