"Cactus Clumps" -Contest Number 8 (Submissions Onl

Post by **daiv** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 2:56 pm

For contest number 8, I've pulled from the "suggestion box" where cactusveda says cactus in bunches would be a fun subject.

Conditions of the Contest:

In addition, there was a minimum of 5 stems proposed and no flowers. For this contest, lets follow the minimum 5 stems, but if you plant is flowering that is OK. It is important not to focus on the flowers, however and the flowers should not take up most of the picture.

Clarification:
For this contest candidates are clumps that are _single_ plants that are multi-headed, via offsets or splitting. Perhaps better called clusters, which, on the show bench must be a single plant on a common root.

Post all your pictures for "Cactus Clumps" -Contest Number 8 in this thread.

Contest will run from June 25 through July 8

You have Until July 1, 2006 to enter a picture in the contest.

Voting will be from July 2 to July 8

Please review this post for the contest rules: http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=888

Remember: Pictures should be no larger than 600 pixels in either height or width!

Let the Contest begin!

Post by **daiv** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:04 pm

As usual, I'll kick the contest off with the first submission. Here is Echinocactus polycephalus near Death Valley, NP in Nevada. I thought this was perfect for clumps because the name 'polycehalus' actually means "many headed".

hob · Post by **hob** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 8:58 pm

hows this ?? .........not the best pic i've ever taken

just started collecting again after a break of 20 years

i'm guessing its a mammilaria of some kind.........

ihc6480 · Post by **ihc6480** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 2:00 am

Heres My Escobaria vivipara v. vivipara. Total of 14 heads and covers an area of about 8".

taliesin · Post by **taliesin** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:32 am

this is mine...unfortunatly an unknown variety, but still a good clump.

cactusveda · Post by **cactusveda** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:33 pm

here is my submission

neely9820022000 · Post by **neely9820022000** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:46 pm

how is that!!!!

Carl · Post by **Carl** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:52 pm

my submission
Rebutia muscula
I started counting the heads...I gave up at 100..its softness is unbelievable for a "cactus"

prickly · Post by **prickly** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:37 pm

this is one ive named "mystery 3" because i havent a clue what it is as yet

wslesan · Post by **wslesan** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 6:11 pm

Clumps - my kids at Huntington Gardens June 1973

eduart · Post by **eduart** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:23 pm

Hi All!

Here's my submission - Rebutia heliosa @ CSSNZ Auckland Show 2004.

Cheers,

Eduart

Buck Hemenway · Post by **Buck Hemenway** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:16 am

My Parodia scopa is all dressed up and ready for the CSSA Show.

Franj · Post by **Franj** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:33 am

Ok, I've reveiwed the rules and haven't found anything that suggests I must own or be the one growing the plant. And this may still be disqualified because I certainly don't know if this started out as one plant or if it's several planted together. Still it's the most magnificent clump of Mammillaria geminispina I've ever seen and should be shared. Taken by me at the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix. I give you Mick Jagger in white.

ajaxas · Post by **ajaxas** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 6:07 am

Here's my submission - Astrophytum ornatum & myriostigma

nachtkrabb · Post by **nachtkrabb** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:03 pm

Look, this Mamm.elongata feels like a real star in the limelight waving down to us mere normal humans!