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CoronaCactus
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Location: Corona, California USA [Zone 10]
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 Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 7:21 pm Post subject: Contest 43: Opuntiads |
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Welcome contest goers!
Most of you already know, but my favorite genera is, you guessed it...Opuntiads! So you knew a contest about them was coming at some point 
Theme:
This month is Opuntiads
This topic reaches out to all the species found within the subfamily of Opuntia.
This includes:
Opuntia
Cylindropuntia
Austrocylindropuntia
Brasiliopuntia
Consolea
Cumulopuntia
Grusonia/Corynopuntia
Maihuenia
Maihueniopsis
Micropuntia
Miqueliopuntia
Quiabentia
Tacinga
Tephrocactus/Puna
Tunilla
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Show em if ya got em!
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 Nursery 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 Sunday May 16th, 2010
Reference:
New Format
Contest Schedule
Click for Contest Rules
Good Luck to all!!
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Saguaro123
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Location: San Jose, California (Zone 9b)
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| Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 4:50 am Post subject: |
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Opuntia hill, along HWY 101 in Ventura County.
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peterb
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Location: Tempe, Arizona, USA
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| Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 5:56 am Post subject: |
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Opuntia erinacea ursina, Meadview:
peterb
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StrUktO
Joined: 17 May 2009
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Location: vught, the netherlands
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| Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 8:04 am Post subject: |
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austrocylindropuntia subulata monstrose
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daiv
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Location: Long Prairie, MN
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| Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 1:59 pm Post subject: |
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Sooo hard to pick for this one.
In the end, I figured I would go with this pic of O. fragilis growing at Jeffers Petroglyphs.
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MildBill
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Location: North Texas
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World's tallest O. undulata in Val Verde, Texas.
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hablu
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Location: The Netherlands
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| Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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I love Opuntia's
O. imbricata above all.
Harry
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doctor289
Joined: 06 May 2010
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Location: Lima, Peru
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| Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 12:55 pm Post subject: Austrocylindropuntia pachypus in the wild in Peru |
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I am a new member to the site and took this picture on a recent trip and had it identified by Daiv.
Coincidentally the theme for the picture contest was Opuntiads so here's the picture. |
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Mercedes
Joined: 22 Mar 2010
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Location: Barcelona - Spain
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| Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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Hi, I present you my O. microdasys.
I hope you lake it.
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Tony
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Location: Chino, California, USA (zone 10)
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Ralf
Joined: 17 Jan 2010
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Location: Germany, Thuringia [Zone 6b]
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| Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 8:59 am Post subject: |
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Cylindropuntia imbricata and its visitor, seen at Redington Pass Road near Tucson.
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LeeVan
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Location: Netherlands
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New growth on my Cylindropuntia spinosior.
Gr. L. |
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Buck Hemenway
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Location: Riverside, Ca USA
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This is one mean cholla. But what a fabulous flower.
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hegar
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Location: El Paso, Texas
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I want to show the change in blossom color on my Opuntia violacea. The orange looking flower is a day old, while the yellow one just opened.
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hob
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Location: sfk england z 8
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growing rebutia's with a mix of others. |
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