Andrew's cacti collection

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Had a nice surprise when I inspected the plants this morning. The bud I've noticed on the Copiapoa hypogea for the past several days had opened up! Certainly a nice contrast with the horrendous conditions outside today :)
Copiapoa hypogaea flowering
Copiapoa hypogaea flowering
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wow, great picture of it as well!
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mind ‘cactus taxonomy is the pursuit of the impossible by the incompetent’ - Fearn & Pearcy, Rebutia (1981)
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Fantastic, those little yellow dots! :D
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Things have been pretty quiet in cactus-land here of late, but I did capture this little beauty flowering last month. This Neochilenia occulta flower didn't open more than this, but I was still pleased to get something flowering in the depths of this hellish winter. I added some orchids to the basement collection recently, so that's been a nice splash of colour, too.
Neochilenia occulta flowering
Neochilenia occulta flowering
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Watch this space. The huge tee-dee order is finally shipping now that the weather is warming up a little. They very graciously held all my plants over the past few months until the weather improved. I've got 31 plants on the way, so there are going to be a bunch of new photos here soon! :)
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Nice occulta. I wouldn't think of it as an early blooming species though, interesting. :)
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The huge Tee Dee order arrived a few weeks back, and today I finally got around to taking a bunch of photos. Here are some group shots, for starters:
New cacti and succulents!
New cacti and succulents!
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New cacti and succulents!
New cacti and succulents!
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I'll be posting the rest here as I get around to it. Meanwhile, the complete set is on my Flickr page.
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Nice plants! Is that a Geohintonia I see?
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Yeah, that's the tiny one on the right :)
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