"Succulent Flowers" -Contest #16 (Submissions Only

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"Succulent Flowers" -Contest #16 (Submissions Only

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Ok, here it is! The first ever Picture contest for other-than-cacti succulents! We're starting this one out nice and easy. Just share a flower picture. Pick your favorite from any species and post it here!

The submissions will run from the 2-18-2007 to the 2-25-2007 while the voting will run from the 2-26-2007 to the 3-4-2007.

Post all your pictures for "Succulent Flowers" -Contest Number 16 in this thread.

Contest will run from February 18 through March 4

You have Until February 25, 2007 to enter a picture in the contest.

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

Let the contest begin!
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Ok, as usual I'll kick it off with a Yucca that bloomed for me a year ago.

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You can see how fast it blooms here:

http://www.cactiguide.com/yucca/
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Here's my Cotyledon sp.
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Delosperma
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Here's one - a crassula

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Pachyveria cv. exotica, May 2006:

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Yes Paracelsus - it's one of my favourites too... Pachyveria exotica:

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Euphorbia aeruginosa
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Sempervivum -
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Euphorbia millii
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My choice for best display from a very small plant - Tacitus bellus

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This is my favorite bloom picture of all. Aloe globuligemma.


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My favourite keeps on changing, but at the moment it is Stapelia flavopurpurea.

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My entry is a macro shot of the center of an Orbea variegata bloom:
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