Contest 70 : Fruits

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Jens
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Contest 70 : Fruits

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September 2012-Fruits of Cacti or Succulents
take a photo before you start harvesting seeds
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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 September 15 th at 12 o´clock midnight Central Standard Time

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Good Luck to all!!

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Haageocereus, possibly decumbens.
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Orbea variegata
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Tunas Fruit :)
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OK, C. imbricata - I am choosing these because from the road, I thought they were flowers.

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mammillaria parkinsonii
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Last years crop:
Mammillaria prolifera fruits
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Astrophytum asterias nudum w/ fruits :)

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Subtle white fruits.
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I'll go for size over beauty ...
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Dragon fruit
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One of many loaded branches on my Lepismium monocanthum
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S. truncata hybrid. It's loaded with fruits that I will try to harvest them once they are ripe.
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Every flower will be a fruit.
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