Some pictures from a sunny winter day

TimN · Post by **TimN** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 4:19 am

I hope I didn't post these pictues before. I took them last week when we had a sunny day. I started taking pictures of Fero spines and wound up taking more photos.

I hope you enjoy the pictues!

Close-up of the spines and a wide picture of the plant.

Saguaro spines

Steno pruinosis

O. celcianus?

A small collection of AZ natives...

E. bonkerae

A couple of feros, a Saguara, an M. grahamii and an E. fulgida monstrose chillin' in the yard.

E. dayascantha

Fat little E. inermis I got from Corona Cactus

E. reichenbachii hunkered down for the winter.

These are the "outside" plants. They aren't in the cactus shelter, just sprinkled around the back yard.

Saguaro123 · Post by **Saguaro123** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 4:40 am

Very nice plants Tim. I am glad to see that your collection is doing well.

CelticRose · Post by **CelticRose** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:06 am

Nice. I like the E. inermis.

vlani · Post by **vlani** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:34 am

Your inermis is not so un-armed

It is more commonly known as subinermis v. ochoterenae - the spinier bro of "almost-inermus".

They are not so cold-hardy, watch out

Antonio_P · Post by **Antonio_P** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 11:37 am

Very nice looking plants! Those spines are awsome. I like them.

Post by **daiv** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:30 pm

This is not a double-post as I would have remembered these plants. I agree - O. celsianus for sure!

ihc6480 · Post by **ihc6480** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 11:32 pm

Good looking yard decor you've got there Tim

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 4:25 am

Very nice yard decor indeed!
The colors on the S. pruinosis are awesome!

TimN · Post by **TimN** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 4:51 pm

Thanks for the comments everyone, it's 50F and raining today! Yuck!

It does make the spines on my E. polycephalus look beautiful. The picture doesn't really capture the subtlety of the color.

Saguaro123 · Post by **Saguaro123** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 6:25 pm

My!!

Those are the reddest spines I've seen on a Echinocactus Polycephalus.

cactuspolecat · Post by **cactuspolecat** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 7:30 pm

Nice shots of those spines Tim, a reminder of the other reason we collect these plants, - they don't have to have flowers to be beautiful. The polycephalus spines certainly are superb.

CP

CelticRose · Post by **CelticRose** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:39 pm

Nice spines!

Aw, c'mon, Tim! The rain's not that bad today! (She said sitting in her nice cozy warm and dry apartment.)

ihc6480 · Post by **ihc6480** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:51 pm

Oh baby, those polycephalus spines are awesome.
I think I'll have to locate one now