Quite an interesting story how this species of opuntia was found , it shows perfectly the enormous capability of certain cacti to adapt to a broad variety of dry places, thanks for posting MJPapay!

Two beautiful photo entries and an interesting discussion about epiphytic growth, thanks for the input everybody. In my opinion we could also widen this month topic to epiphytic cacti of all kinds. Even if their stems dont grow leaflike -after all some species of Ripsalis have more roundish and not ...

Hello people, I´d think aloe species would be a little far off in this topic since they are not cacti, but a palm tree with a nice epiphytic Mammillaria could be a valid entry (especially if it such a nice shot from Habitate as in DaveW´s link :D ). We thought it was a nice topic for people growing ...

Please post your comments for this month topic here ...picture doesn´t match the topic all together very well - but it was the closed it could get to the atmosphere of forest growing cacti

September: Leaflike /Epiphytic Cacti The rainforest bunch of cacti. 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, t...

Congradulations Harriet!

Veeery nice. Thanks for sharing all those great photos.
I found these two flowering today - so even if it is late for this contest, I thought I ´d just post it.

Nice selection of entries! Pterocactus valentinii is a species that flowers late in the summer too (as does Tephrocactus oligoacanthus)

Some of them do actually flower too.

Nice selection so far!
Opuntia should be good ones for a graphically apealing subject having those shaped outlines they have .

Hello Ian, no this is birds sand - it works quite well for rooting cuttings. These tephrocactus weberi cuttings decided to flower anyway in spite of having been broken off the main stem recently... Hello Alber Khan and Cephalophone, this contest is for all kinds of opuntia- I guess it would even be ...

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, tool...

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Congradulations on the magnificent bunch of flowers in one pot, and of corse on the great Photo you took of it, Gene.
It´s amazing to see what can happen to a single small cutting under proper care in only a few years/decades...
Jens

Great pictures of great plants everyone , it really is a joy to look at them. A problem with this theme in terms of photography is, that if you want to picture the whole plant with all of the flowers on it you often have to cut back on the flower size pictured in the frame. And if you take a close u...