"Best Opuntioid" -Contest #17 (Submissions Only)

Post by **daiv** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 3:04 am

Well the Baja Trip delayed the start of this contest, but it is now time.

The subject is "Best Opuntioid" and it is time to show off your favorite picture of this group. It can be flowers, but do try to get the stems in the shot in this "ode to cladodes"

The submissions will run from the 4-1-2007 to the 4-9-2007 while the voting will run from the 4-9-2007 to the 4-15-2007.

Post all your pictures for "Best Opuntioid" -Contest Number 17 in this thread.

Contest will run from April 1 through April 15

You have Until April 9, 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!

Post by **daiv** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 3:08 am

I'll get us started on this one with Grusonia invicta from my recent trip to Baja.

I checked plant after plant hoping to find one that was just a little early on blooming, but this is the closest I got. Many buds, but they all did a good job sychronizing their watches.

cactusbutt · Post by **cactusbutt** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:26 am

Opuntia subulata crest in 8 inch pot

ihc6480 · Post by **ihc6480** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 2:00 am

Well it's a hard decision but I have to go with my little sweetheart.
Here is O. erinacea

Now if I can remember my other login names

Buck Hemenway · Post by **Buck Hemenway** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:57 pm

A beautiful (but pain inflicting) cylindropuntia.

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:42 pm

Here's a cholla from Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in southern AZ, Cylindropuntia echinocarpa:

I wanted to post C. viridiflorus in flower but that will have to wait until July.

peterb

cactusveda · Post by **cactusveda** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:09 pm

legolas29 · Post by **legolas29** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 4:36 pm

phil_SK · Post by **phil_SK** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 7:25 pm

Here's Maihueniopsis minuta 'mandragora' photoed today. I'd noticed lots of the spines had a drop of liquid which I've assumed is nectar-like, but I'm not brave enough to lick it! (thumbnail)

Burggraaf · Post by **Burggraaf** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 6:14 pm

Such a difficult choice to make for me as I am an Opuntia collector. Alast, I have chosen from one of my rarest (in the sense that it is difficult to find). Here is my Tacinga palmadora in bloom. This species hails from Brazil, but I found it at a local funeral home (the original plant has since been destroyed!) The flower of this Opuntioideae is a bit unusual in that in full sun it opens wide (flat across) and individual blooms will open-and-close several days in a row. My plant is only a few feet high, but the original was easily 15 feet high and 20 feet across.

hegar · Post by **hegar** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 4:37 am

Here is one of my prickly pear plants identified by a forum member some time ago as Opuntia orbiculata.

Harald

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:16 pm

I wanted to post this one in full bloom but its gona have to wait till after the contest

C. imbricata

tumamoc · Post by **tumamoc** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 5:44 pm

I found this wicked specimen growing in the back lot. I'm not sure if it's a chainfruit or a teddy bear cholla. Ouch!

hablu · Post by **hablu** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 5:49 pm

Does this one count too? Opuntia....not my favor plants. Harry

"Best Opuntioid" -Contest #17 (Submissions Only)

"Best Opuntioid" -Contest #17 (Submissions Only)

opuntia with lizard

Tacinga palmadora in bloom . . .