Contest 41: Clusters/Clumps/Mounds

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Contest 41: Clusters/Clumps/Mounds

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Welcome to a new month and a new contest.

The theme this month is Clusters/Clumps/Mounds
Cactus or succulent in any situation depicting multihead/multistem plants. Must be a single plant, not a cluster of individuals. Dust off your cespitose plants and show them off!

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 Monday March 15th, 2010

Please reference these 2 threads for the changes made for 2010.
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Good Luck to all!!

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I've got one for this contest! Since I couldn't join in last month, I am all primed and ready to go. :)

Anyway, so many clumps, but I think this pic of two E. coccineus clumps shows how the clumps fit in with the surroundings:

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Deuterocohnia breviflora
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Mam. Elongata...don't mind the frost/sunburn damage :?

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Another Mam.
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A small mound of Mammillaria prolifera. The plant is more than 20 years old.

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Echinopsis hybrid of some sort. Only plant I have clumping enough to qualify. :)


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Echinocactus polycephalus ssp. xeranthemoides, Navajo Bridge, Arizona:

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The first time I post a picture for a contest.
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Gymnocactus Viereckii

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Gymnocactus Viereckii over 20 years old from my collection
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Rebutia perplexa
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Here my photo of Monanthes polyphylla in Tenerife.
Hope you like it.

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I am interested principaly in Agave,Aloë,Ariocarpus, Ancephalocarpus, Aztekium, Dorstenia, Encephalocarpus, Euphorbia, Frailea, Haworthia, Hoya, Sansevieria, Yucca etc... and am the breader of 2 Hoya-crossings.
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Echinocereus Arizonicus at the type locality near Globe, AZ.

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My entry for the contest.Image
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Echinocereus in my outdoor garden.

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