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Cylindropuntia imbricata (crested) at Kendrick Lake |
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Opuntia 'Chocolate Princess' at Timberline gardens (an Opuntia aurea cross with aurea) |
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Opuntia polyacantha near Lamar, Colorado (yes, I have a cutting...) |
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Opuntia phaeacantha x ? |
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Opuntia erinacea at Kelly's |
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Pediocactus knowltonii |
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Pediocactus robustior or nigrispinus |
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Pediocactus simpsonii ex. NM |
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Pediocactus simpsonii ex Monarch Pass, CO |
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Pediocactus simpsonii ex Idaho |
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Pediocactus simpsonii ex Uinta Basin, Colorado |
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Pediocactus simpsonii 'Snowball' ex JeffersonCo. CO |
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Pediocactus simpsonii ex Jefferson Co. (Snowball type) |
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Echinocereus coccineus at Denver Botanic Gardens |
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Gardens at Kendrick Lake |
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Echinocereus fendleri in seed |
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Echinocereus fendleri in Rock Garden, DBG |
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Barnett Garden in Pueblo, Co. |
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Escobaria organensis, Adams garden, Pueblo |
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Coryphantha echinus ex Eskota at Adams garden, Pueblo |
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Escobaria vivipara ex Eskota, TX, my garden |
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Escobbaria vivipara (local form) in my garden |
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Escobaria orcuttii v.koenigii at DBG |
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Escobaria sneedii v. sneedii Adams garden, Pueblo |
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Barnett Garden, Pueblo, Co |
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Coryphantha vivipara v. deserti, Barnett Garden, Pueblo |
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Opuntia debreuzii in Barnett Garden |
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Mammilaria heyderi, Barnett garden |
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Escobaria villardii, Barnett garden |
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Pediocactus simpsonii ex Bernalillo, NM |
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Maihuenia poeppigii at Sandy Snyder's (Littleton, CO) |
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Opuntia debreuzii 'Potato' in my home garden |
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Cylindropuntia echinocarpa in midwinter at Fairgrounds garden, Grand Junction, CO |