Copenhagen Botanic Gardens Cactus House

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Re: Copenhagen Botanic Gardens Cactus House

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Some nice Astrophytums
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Re: Copenhagen Botanic Gardens Cactus House

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They seemed to graft the plants on high stocks, which makes some of them look odd. I couldn't get a better picture as there were perspex screens in front of the plants, so the picture was taken from above.
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Re: Copenhagen Botanic Gardens Cactus House

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A nice-sized Parodia Magnifica
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Re: Copenhagen Botanic Gardens Cactus House

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This suddenly jumped onto my wants list.
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Re: Copenhagen Botanic Gardens Cactus House

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Not sure what happened to this obesa
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Re: Copenhagen Botanic Gardens Cactus House

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Another attractive agave - can anyone ID this?
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Re: Copenhagen Botanic Gardens Cactus House

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I think someone sat on this one
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Re: Copenhagen Botanic Gardens Cactus House

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No - this is not the same agave as previously, but although you can't see it I think it's also about to flower.
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Re: Copenhagen Botanic Gardens Cactus House

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And just to show that they can grow [s]weeds[/s] Opuntias outside
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Re: Copenhagen Botanic Gardens Cactus House

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Thanks for sharing Mark.

That first caudex in the looks like a reclining figure or a mermaid.
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