"Cactus Spines" -Contest Number 7 (Submissions Onl

[arjeyeski]

Here, hopefully is my entry. Not a winner judging by the other pictures, but I just love the spines and two types of hair. Why on earth did those two types disallowed - see forum rules and what are their function? Answers on a postcard . . .


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[cactuspolecat]

I had a hard time deciding which pic to post... but here 'tis


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[hegar]

Here is my candidate. Talk about spines; this one will slice through cardboard like a hot knife through butter: Ferocactus latispinus

[mortdefroid]

hi,

my first post for cactus picture contest

Tephrocactus weberi

[GeneS]

This might be my favorite topic so far ... other then things with flowers!!

When it comes to spines, IMHO, Ferocactus are king. Especially, many of our Baja California natives such as this one: Ferocactus townsendianus --or,more currently: F. peninsulae subsp. townsendianus.

If you are a Niven and Pournelle fan, you have to think that the plants around the "burning city" looked a lot like this!

GeneS

[gunhat]

Echinocereus nivosus.

[Kryk]

Hi All.There"e spines sclerocactus parviflorus,taken this may in Poland.
Thx and bye Mick.

[nachtkrabb]

I like that lush green that invites caresses in combination with the hooks and spines warning everybody off.

[Mike]

Ferocactus cylindraceus taken at Anza Borrego state park



Mike

[Buck Hemenway]

Probably too late with this.

Nice ferocactus spines.