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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 27, 2007 13:49:06 GMT 1
Woo hoo!
Somebody is sending me a seedling of Cleistocactus winteri subsp. colademono.
I have been after this ever since it was discovered a few years back but I can't find a picture of it for you.
Basically it is a very bristly hanging cactus which looks like a monkeys tail. Apparently colademono means monkey tail.
Exciting or what!!
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Post by emseypop on Sept 27, 2007 14:50:08 GMT 1
 sounds great Mick! Will you have to be very quiet every time you go past this cactus so you don't scare the monkeys and get bad luck, like a monkey puzzle tree? We need a pic of this, ask Santa the fat bloke in a red suit who comes in DEC for a digital camera!
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Post by 4pygmies on Sept 27, 2007 16:59:11 GMT 1
Mick GET A DIGITAL CAMERA!!!
Please........?
Very glad about the plant though X
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 27, 2007 17:03:32 GMT 1
I will after hol next week.
It will only be a seedling so not much to look at yet.
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Post by 4pygmies on Sept 27, 2007 19:12:05 GMT 1
Please tell it's not! They are all called Rat's Tails.........................................................  |
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 1, 2007 8:46:53 GMT 1
Sorry 4P.........
Cleistocactus winteri is the nearest Reet as colademono is a sub species. I have C. winteri which is really beautiful and I recommend to everybody but colademono is much, much more bristly and quite distinct. I couldn't see it in there but then I didn'tgo through every page.
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 1, 2007 12:48:39 GMT 1
Then I need a computer to poke them into.........
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Post by sweetleaf on Oct 1, 2007 17:23:34 GMT 1
It will be a great tool for cataloguing your collection though Mick.  You will wonder how you ever got on without it! ;D |
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 2, 2007 12:44:02 GMT 1
Cactus arrived yesterday. All OK and bigger than I expected.
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 19, 2008 12:03:45 GMT 1
Right The witch (and anybody else) camera time is fast approaching - recommendations please.
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Post by Sleepy on Feb 19, 2008 12:19:18 GMT 1
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Post by madonplants on Feb 19, 2008 12:39:31 GMT 1
Right The witch (and anybody else) camera time is fast approaching - recommendations please. Price range? Keith |
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Post by Sleepy on Feb 19, 2008 12:40:35 GMT 1
Right The witch (and anybody else) camera time is fast approaching - recommendations please. Price range? Keith He's in Insurance Keith - price won't be a factor ;D |
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 19, 2008 13:48:47 GMT 1
He's in Insurance Keith - price won't be a factor ;D If only........... |
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Post by yakram on Jul 1, 2008 21:39:47 GMT 1
Hi Mick, I bought a Monkeys Tails Cactus from Arley - a Cleistocactus which hangs down. It looks just like fluffy tails - I love it.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 3, 2008 8:14:53 GMT 1
It's an absolute beauty Yakram and easy to grow.
What's Arley?
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Post by 4pygmies on Jul 3, 2008 8:26:20 GMT 1
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 3, 2008 8:41:30 GMT 1
That looks nice. Long way away though for me.....
I'm off to Kew next week for evening concert btw. The Commitments and Blues Brothers.
The following day is Hampton Court show so I shall probably buy some more bits.
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Post by debidoos on Jul 3, 2008 17:33:08 GMT 1
I adore the Blues Brothers! I had written arrangements for a few of the songs from the film to play in an ensemble (I play the Sax) ; The Peter Gun Theme, Minnie The Moocher, Sweet Home Chicago, I did Green Onions too which I think is in the second film. Oh, Those were the days!
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jul 3, 2008 19:31:57 GMT 1
I adore the Blues Brothers! I had written arrangements for a few of the songs from the film to play in an ensemble (I play the Sax) ; The Peter Gun Theme, Minnie The Moocher, Sweet Home Chicago, I did Green Onions too which I think is in the second film. Oh, Those were the days! completely off topic I know ;D but I've been to 'Tribute to the Blues Brothers' shows here in Leicester at the DeMontfort Hall Debbie..they tour most years...absolutely brilliant*...and of course we all dress up and join in with all the dances and songs...  * depends a lot on the cast, we've been lucky with the ones we've seen. |
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 3, 2008 21:27:13 GMT 1
I adore the Blues Brothers! I had written arrangements for a few of the songs from the film to play in an ensemble (I play the Sax) ; The Peter Gun Theme, Minnie The Moocher, Sweet Home Chicago, I did Green Onions too which I think is in the second film. Oh, Those were the days! Debidoos! Are you talented or wot?? |
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Post by debidoos on Jul 4, 2008 9:01:21 GMT 1
 It's a shame I don't put it to use at all now.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 5, 2008 23:47:50 GMT 1
It's a shame I don't put it to use at all now. But you obviously have other talents now Debs.. |
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