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Beautiful flowers, John! 8)
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Thought I'd throw in a group first shot
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and some individual shots

Echinopsis pentlandii
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Echinopsis aurea
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Echinopsis saltensis
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Rebutia albispina
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Parodia microsperma (aurespina)
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Parodia pencillata
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Parodia ottonis
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Rebutia decreasens
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Rebutia kupperiana
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Rebutia puchella
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Rebutia senilis
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Echinopsis mirabilis finishing
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What a group! The Parodia ottonis looks like it has its own inernal light source.
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Good show! :)
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Nice job getting the distinction between petals to show up on that P. ottonis.
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Usually those colors just blur into a solid color.

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wow! great show!
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Echinopsis mirabilis
That looks just like my little seedling! How big is your plant?
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Daiv,

Only about three and a half inches tall.

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Parodia herzogii (microsperma)-- love the spines on this one.

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lovely spines indeed, and they go so well with those flowers!
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Unending days of fog this summer. Flowering has slowed.

Parodia aurespina is on round 2
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Small echinopsis (arachnacantha?)
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Eriosyce heinrichiana simulans
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Lobivia ferox
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Rebutia donaldiana
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Rebutia huasensis
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Nice! 8)
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Eriosyce heinrichiana simulans == Incredible colors!
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daiv wrote:Eriosyce heinrichiana simulans == Incredible colors!
Add me as an admirer of that beauty, too. I also love the satiny red of the Echinopsis saltensis and the solid red blooms obscuring the entire Rebutia pencillata. Great stuff!
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Thanks.

Two more yesterday.

Echinopsis backebergii (winteriana)
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Echinopsis glaucina (Acanthacalycium glauca)
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