Contest 59 : Discussion and related Pictures

Jens · Post by **Jens** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 7:31 am

Please discuss here the Prostrate or creeping Cacti Contest.

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 3:34 am

ha, Daiv, I was just about to post habitat pics of eruca.

I wish I had found the lavishly draped masses of Echinocereus pensilis in the Sierra de la Laguna in Baja last summer. That would be a good entry. But I never found them.

hmmm....

peterb

Jens · Post by **Jens** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 6:02 am

The late great first entry!
Nice one Daiv.
I hope there are others to follow.

Here´s one I took in Switzerland
Prostrate Thelocephala

John C · Post by **John C** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 6:35 pm

Great pic Daiv! I would stay on the path if I were you

That picture amazes me everytime I see it. It must be amazing to see the rug of spines.

Here is a very "Creepy" M. pottsii at the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens.

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 1:04 am

Its hard to beat S. eruca, especially a whole bed full of them!

Heres a few more creepers....
Mammillaria sphacelata susp. viperina

Cleistocactus sextonianus

Cleistocactus winteri

Cleistocactus winteri ssp. colademono

And my favorite!

cactushobbyman · Post by **cactushobbyman** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 1:38 am

Great pictures! I thought my cacti were/are sick. I do not understand why my some of my echinopsis oxygona grow like barrels and others creep? Thoughts?

Jens · Post by **Jens** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:14 pm

Great pictures everybody!
Just got back from vacations today.
The creeping ones are not so widespread in collections as it seems!
Personally I am trying to keep the ones that set out to start creeping from doing it in order to save Greenhouse space too.

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Jens · Post by **Jens** » Sat Oct 29, 2011 4:33 pm

Congradulations for the winnning pic in the contest Tony!:P

A very suggestive photo (my personal favorite in this one too- although it a hard again choice again)

Post by **daiv** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:35 pm

Nice going Tony! The picture is great as it is heading away - sort of like those 3d video games where you are not quite the eyes of the character, but just behind it.

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 1:35 am

Thanks.

My personal fav was Melt In The Sun's pic of Orbea schweinfurthii. There is yet another plant on my wish list.

Arjen · Post by **Arjen** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:01 am

congratulations tony! a well deserved win!

*Barracuda_52* · Post by ***Barracuda_52*** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 5:05 pm

CONGRATS Tony!!!