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eileen
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Do the flowers open out more than in your third photograph by any chance? If they do could you post another photograph of them please as they are such a lovely colour. 
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daisybeans
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Beautiful cactus, and beautiful shots.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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What a cool looking bloom!
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stratsmom
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Great pictures!!
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Christer Johansson
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| eileen wrote: | | Do the flowers open out more than in your third photograph by any chance? If they do could you post another photograph of them please as they are such a lovely colour. |
Well, of course 
I've used some special treatment for this plant; it has spent this summer on a public balcony 
I call it guerrilla gardening 
Here it is in bloom...
Parodia horstii ( photo / image / picture from Christer Johansson's Garden )
Parodia horstii ( photo / image / picture from Christer Johansson's Garden )
Still have some buds 
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| Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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What a gorgeous flower and it has a little surprise inside. Great photos too, the color is so intense.
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Christer Johansson
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| toni wrote: | | What a gorgeous flower and it has a little surprise inside. Great photos too, the color is so intense. |
Yes, the pink stigma is a surprise
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eileen
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WOW Christer what a delightful flower!! I've never seen a bloom quite like yours before. Could I possibly send a copy of your photograph to my eldest son? He loves cacti.
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kaseylib
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Great shots of your prickly plant!
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| Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 2:41 am Post subject: |
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Love seeing your cactus and what a treat to see them blooming  Great photography too.
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Christer Johansson
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Thank you all for your nice comments
| eileen wrote: | | WOW Christer what a delightful flower!! I've never seen a bloom quite like yours before. Could I possibly send a copy of your photograph to my eldest son? He loves cacti. |
Yes, you can send a copy of my photograph to your eldest son
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| Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:49 am Post subject: |
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Lovely cactus bloom! It looks like a lovely piece of sunshine. I like cacti and had a fairly large collection in my window sill when I was a little girl.
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