Contest 68 : Cacti of New Mexico

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Contest 68 : Cacti of New Mexico

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July 2012-Cacti of New Mexico
There is quite a bunch of cacti that are native to this region: Saguaro, Opuntia, Echinocereus, Coryphantha, Ferrocactus and many more.

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Re: Contest 68 : Cacti of New Mexico

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I am compelled to post a pic of the Giant Trigs from White Sands -NM
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Re: Contest 68 : Cacti of New Mexico

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Sclerocactus papyracanthus
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Re: Contest 68 : Cacti of New Mexico

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Took this hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus sp.?) photo just outside of Carlsbad Caverns NP...if my memory is correct.

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Re: Contest 68 : Cacti of New Mexico

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Homalocephala/Echinocactus texensis near Hope, NM
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Re: Contest 68 : Cacti of New Mexico

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Never been to New Mexico and probably never will, but have a piece from there:
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Couldn't hurt to put it here, right?
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Re: Contest 68 : Cacti of New Mexico

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Echinocactus horizonthalonius

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Re: Contest 68 : Cacti of New Mexico

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This picture isn't comparable with pictures taken in habitat. However it is one of my cold hardy plants which grow in the flowerbed the whole year.
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