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Contest 81 : Opuntioids

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 6:23 am
by Jens
August- Opuntioids
Anything pretty, having segments and areoles.
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 August 20 th at 12 o´clock midnight Central Standard Time

Reference:
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Good Luck to all!!

John C and Jens

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Re: Contest 81 : Opuntioids

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2013 7:57 pm
by majcka
I guess it can't hurt:
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Opuntia humifusa - first flower.

Re: Contest 81 : Opuntioids

Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 4:23 am
by Tony
Something different...
Tephrocactus articulatus v. papyracanthus
Tephrocactus articulatus v. papyracanthus
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Re: Contest 81 : Opuntioids

Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 10:20 pm
by MJPapay
Cylindropuntia tunicata selection 'rosea' The pink-flowered form of C. tunicata - at Kew Gardens, London.

Re: Contest 81 : Opuntioids

Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 1:06 am
by cactushobbyman
cactus fruit
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Re: Contest 81 : Opuntioids

Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2013 9:05 pm
by K.W.
Cylindropuntia fulgida and a climber on the south-east Face, first ascent!
photo from the 10th of august 2013


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Re: Contest 81 : Opuntioids

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 11:07 am
by Alber khan
It is worth a try 8-[

Re: Contest 81 : Opuntioids

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 2:00 pm
by gemhunter178
I hate the glochids on this one....but they're nice and colorful!

Re: Contest 81 : Opuntioids

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 12:40 am
by peterb
Grusonia (Corynopuntia) robertsii in habitat, Baja California Sur.

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Re: Contest 81 : Opuntioids

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:44 am
by BobbyZ
It's a Dragonfly summer chilling on a spineless opuntia on a steamy Florida day. Bobby Z

Re: Contest 81 : Opuntioids

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:46 am
by daiv
I'm not going to miss another contest! Here is O. polyacantha from Great Basin National Park, Nevada, USA
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Re: Contest 81 : Opuntioids

Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 4:27 pm
by C And D
Maihueniopsis bonnieae "Minor"
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Re: Contest 81 : Opuntioids

Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 6:26 pm
by nbcrty
here is my one and only Opuntoid, being a O. monocantha.
His name is Joe, being about 1/2 an inch... lets see if he a pack a punch

Re: Contest 81 : Opuntioids

Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 9:18 am
by DaveW
All I have got at present as a "make weight". Opuntia (Puna) call it what you want!

Opuntia clavaroides
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Re: Contest 81 : Opuntioids

Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 6:57 pm
by CactusFanDan
Puna subterranea v. incahausi
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