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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 22, 2013 19:18:00 GMT -5
Just one of the native cactus blooming one of our rock piles in the yard. We have a lot of cacti here on the ranch. This one's pretty cool as it tends to rebloom a couple of times when it rains....Mel  |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 22, 2013 19:34:53 GMT -5
Lovely mammilarias! I've got a few of those (not wild), they are pink flowering. It amazes me how large the flowers are for the size of the plant. What a huge expense of energy and resources for reproduction.
Thanks for posting those, Mel. Jean
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Post by jamesp on Jun 22, 2013 19:48:00 GMT -5
Unusual Latin
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Post by Geoff on Jun 22, 2013 19:51:04 GMT -5
Lovely mammilarias! I've got a few of those (not wild), they are pink flowering. It amazes me how large the flowers are for the size of the plant. What a huge expense of energy and resources for reproduction. Thanks for posting those, Mel. Jean Oh. My. God.  |
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Post by Bikerrandy on Jun 22, 2013 20:02:31 GMT -5
What a huge expense of energy and resources for reproduction. That statement reminds me of having kids. The flowers are pretty!! The only thing that grows wild up here is pine trees and weeds. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 22, 2013 20:17:48 GMT -5
Lovely mammilarias! I've got a few of those (not wild), they are pink flowering. It amazes me how large the flowers are for the size of the plant. What a huge expense of energy and resources for reproduction. Thanks for posting those, Mel. Jean Oh. My. God. Hey, that's what they are called!!! I didn't name them. Any person that grows cactus knows what they are. There are a lot of different species in the genus. James is right, Latin - Mammilaria = nipple cactus. (yeah, you got the gist, Geoff) Jean |
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Post by beefjello on Jun 22, 2013 21:09:05 GMT -5
Lovely mammilarias! I've got a few of those (not wild), they are pink flowering. It amazes me how large the flowers are for the size of the plant. What a huge expense of energy and resources for reproduction. Thanks for posting those, Mel. Jean Oh. My. God. Glad to see mine isn't the only mind to have fallen into the gutter this evening   Pretty flowers Mel. Nipple Cactus is a new one for me. |
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Post by jamesp on Jun 22, 2013 21:09:24 GMT -5
Flint River-just south of Atlanta That was funny Randy Meet the Spider Lily-alias Hymenocallis(get the gist Jean).You will have to figure it out,but let me tell you it is properly named  |
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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 22, 2013 21:11:53 GMT -5
Jean is correct. One scientific name is Mammilaria sulcata, though it's also known used to be Coryphantha sulcata....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 22, 2013 21:15:33 GMT -5
Holy smokes, those lilies are cool!....Mel
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Post by texaswoodie on Jun 23, 2013 8:16:45 GMT -5
Cool cactus Mel. James, we have those Spider Lilies as well.
Curt
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Post by jamesp on Jun 23, 2013 9:47:40 GMT -5
Cactus bloom colors are the richest.Amazes me.Hymenocallis is all over Lousiana.Texas too,nice to know.Those are shoal lilies,a sub species threatened.
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Post by jamesp on Jun 23, 2013 9:49:05 GMT -5
Can never forget the cactus blooming in Mojave desert.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 23, 2013 10:40:00 GMT -5
Yes, "you people" all need to get your minds out of the gutter! Sheesh, good thing I didn't say I have a pair of them... LOL Scientifc names can be pretty descriptive. Thanks for posting the Spider Lilies, James. Those are pretty cool. Jean
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 15:16:58 GMT -5
Nice cacti Mel. Thanks! Jim, your virgin spider lilies are really sweet too! In my lexicon I would translate mammalaria as "breast cactus". Nipple is more titillating but I think breast is more visually correct. lol Now, in the spirit of this naughty thread, may I bring you Amorphophallus titanum |
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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 23, 2013 15:41:22 GMT -5
*LOL* We have a beetle here that shows up in the yard quite often. It's called the Strange Virile Bycid, Strangelia virilis. Want to guess what it looks like? *L* Hint: We've nicknamed it the wiener beetle.....Mel
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Post by beefjello on Jun 23, 2013 18:01:37 GMT -5
In my lexicon I would translate mammalaria as "breast cactus". Nipple is more titillating but I think breast is more visually correct. lol Titillating indeed |
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Post by jamesp on Jun 23, 2013 20:04:06 GMT -5
I think Titanicus cast a shadow on the entire conversation.Can always count on....Shotgunman.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 20:09:49 GMT -5
sorry Jim. Not my intent! It was the only naughty plant I knew of!
Jim, got any others?
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Post by jamesp on Jun 24, 2013 0:13:56 GMT -5
I think.One last thing.Do you know why they call it a hymenocallis?Or what physical attribute suggests such a desciption?
I must say that Titanica was a show stopper.
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