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[*] posted on 6-30-2011 at 08:48 PM


Absolutely beautiful! Thanks for sharing these great shots with us.

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[*] posted on 6-30-2011 at 10:16 PM


Bishops Cap Cactus
Obispo is bishop in espanol

http://waterwhendry.blogspot.com/2007/07/bishops-cap-cactus....

[Edited on 7-1-2011 by bajajudy]




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[*] posted on 7-1-2011 at 10:09 AM


You got me! So it is a cactus---Astrophytum. I should have known what Obispo meant---I lived in SLO for 7 years...good job of ID there Judy.
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[*] posted on 7-1-2011 at 08:53 PM


beautifulllllllllllllllllllllllll

please come visit me and please bring me some cuttings !!!!! we can trade ..





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[*] posted on 7-5-2011 at 07:08 PM


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I never realized this, but the tip of every hibiscus bloom has five dots of whatever you call it. I went out and checked mine and all of them have five dots at the tip of th bloom!


Those "dots" are the stigmas, where the pollen will land to fertilize the plant. The smaller filamentous structures below or around the stigmas are the stamens. The terminal dots are the anthers which contain the pollen. Your botany lesson for the day! :)



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Nice pics! BTW--the "Obispo Cactus" looks like an iceplant relative (like Lithops--the Living Stones)...where did you find it? (Hmmm.....SLOtown?)


Mexitron, I ditto you on the wonderful pix and add: the undifferentiated, multiple, gradated perianth parts are the giveaway for it being a cactus. Aizoaceae tend to have 4-5 fleshy sepals. The second photo also helps show the stamens and stigmas typical of the cacti. :)




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[*] posted on 7-5-2011 at 07:56 PM


Dynamite Judy!! Love the hibiscus!!! Great stuff!!



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[*] posted on 7-13-2011 at 12:07 PM


Great!
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