Contest 65:Your cutest cactus or succulent

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Jens
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Contest 65:Your cutest cactus or succulent

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April 2012-Your cutest Cactus or succulent
A picture of your cutest little fellow in the C & S collection


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Prize:
To the winner goes, A $10 gift certificate towards any CoronaCactus.com purchase. (Plants, tools, Pots, labels, etc.)
NOTE: For members outside of the USA non-plant prizes can only be awarded.

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for submissions will be April 16th at 12 o´clock midnight Central Standard Time
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Good Luck to all!!

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This little fur ball is 1.5 inches (38 mm)wide and has 8 little offsets on the back side. :)
Mammillaria schwarzii
Mammillaria schwarzii
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Re: Contest 65:Your cutest cactus or succulent

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Tiny, harmless little cutie that even so can put on a show. Growing on a 2inch pot at the time of the photo.

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Gymnocalycium ragonesei
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tiny missouriensis
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OK, I finally figured out which one would be best. It has to be this T. pseudomacrochele minimus that I got from Craig Fry a few years back:

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Re: Contest 65:Your cutest cactus or succulent

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Eriosyce senilis

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Re: Contest 65:Your cutest cactus or succulent

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Haworthia cymbiformis offset with offsets
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Re: Contest 65:Your cutest cactus or succulent

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This M.hahniana is the first cactus I ever had flower.
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Re: Contest 65:Your cutest cactus or succulent

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Trichocaulon cactiforme with a quarter inch flower...
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Re: Contest 65:Your cutest cactus or succulent

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Just getting ready to bloom..

Gymnocalycium bruchii (Thanks Daiv!)
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Re: Contest 65:Your cutest cactus or succulent

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I always think Mammillaria carmenae looks cute with its little flower garlands.
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Re: Contest 65:Your cutest cactus or succulent

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mammillaria vetula ssp. gracilis cv. arizona snowcaps
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Re: Contest 65:Your cutest cactus or succulent

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mammillaria prolifera
mammillaria prolifera
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mammillaria prolifera
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Re: Contest 65:Your cutest cactus or succulent

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Re: Contest 65:Your cutest cactus or succulent

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Sulcorebutia tarabucoensis R66
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Bit early for the first flower (bud upper left). Sown summer '08. 2" pot.
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