October 2011 Photo Competition - Euphorbia

May 2017 - May Blossom
Eveandrea
Registered Guest
Posts: 429
https://www.behance.net/kuchnie-warszawa
Joined: 31 Aug 2008
Branch: None
Country: Italy
Role within the BCSS: Non-Member
Location: Turin - Italy

Re: October 2011 Photo Competition - Euphorbia

Post by Eveandrea »

I love Euphorbias and unfortunately I have too many pics to choose from, so I will post 4 of them. As this is not fair, I will not partecipate at the contest, just show them to you, enjoy! :smile:
Euphorbia francoisii crassicaule red leaves
Euphorbia francoisii crassicaule red leaves
Euphorbia charles-wilsoniana
Euphorbia charles-wilsoniana
Euphorbia suzanne-marnierae
Euphorbia suzanne-marnierae
Euphorbia brachyphylla
Euphorbia brachyphylla
Last edited by Eveandrea on Mon Oct 31, 2011 5:41 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Eve


Turin - Italy
User avatar
EuphorbianDM77
Registered Guest
Posts: 75
Joined: 26 Jun 2011
Branch: None
Country: Belgium

Re: October 2011 Photo Competition - Euphorbia

Post by EuphorbianDM77 »

I love Euphorbias and unfortunately I have too many pics to choose from, so I will post 4 of them. As this is not fair, I will not partecipate at the contest, just show them to you, enjoy!
Wow Eve, you sure have some lovely species and also great photo-skills. Looking at the other photocompetitions I believe that it is allowed to post several pictures, so I regard your pictures as valid contest material!


Now that it's the last day, I'll post some pictures myself, obviously NOT valid contest material :wink:

This obesa is the only picture of a plant of my own, the following ones aren't my own, but there are never too many Euphorbia pictures on a forum!
Image
E. schoenlandii @ Kokerboom nursery in Vanrhynsdorp, SA
Image
E. coerulescens @ Kokerboom nursery in Vanrhynsdorp, SA
Image
E. valida? @ Kokerboom nursery in Vanrhynsdorp, SA
Image
E. venenata @ Kirstenbosch conservatory, SA
Image
E. mauritanica @ Kirstenbosch, SA
Image
E. gorgonis @ Kirstenbosch conservatory, SA
Image

Cheers
Günther
Eveandrea
Registered Guest
Posts: 429
Joined: 31 Aug 2008
Branch: None
Country: Italy
Role within the BCSS: Non-Member
Location: Turin - Italy

Re: October 2011 Photo Competition - Euphorbia

Post by Eveandrea »

Hallo Günther, danke für die Blumen! Of the plants I posted, only E. brachyphylla flowered for me, E. gilbertiana is in fact an Euphorbia charles-wilsoniana that I bought flowering :mrgreen: , sorry for the wrong name :oops: . That E. francoisii is not mine, though I tried very hard to get it :lol:
Thanks for including my pics, if wanted, I could add some more, but next month...
Yours are great pics, E. coerulescens is phantastic, I wonder how the couloring would be if cultivated in Europe. But you can tell us maybe :cool:
Tschüss
Eve
Eve


Turin - Italy
User avatar
EuphorbianDM77
Registered Guest
Posts: 75
Joined: 26 Jun 2011
Branch: None
Country: Belgium

Re: October 2011 Photo Competition - Euphorbia

Post by EuphorbianDM77 »

Well, I don't think anyone will post any pics anymore now, so it's time to judge.

First I'd like to thank everyone for sharing their pictures.
It was very hard for me to choose between pictures of Euphorbia's because they are all awesome, but I narrowed it down to the following 3:
Angie's E. aeruginosa, because aeruginosa's are awesome and it's a nice brightly colored picture;
Phil's E. decaryi because it's a good picture of that species and it's also pretty much my favorite Euphorbia species;
and Eve's E. brachyphylla flowers which look really awesome and are of poster quality.

But after careful consideration :smile: the winner of this months competition is Angie's Euphorbia aeruginosa!

Cheers
Günther
User avatar
EuphorbianDM77
Registered Guest
Posts: 75
Joined: 26 Jun 2011
Branch: None
Country: Belgium

Re: October 2011 Photo Competition - Euphorbia

Post by EuphorbianDM77 »

About the colour of the E. coerulescens. My plant's new growth isn't reddish at all, but on page 2 of the very first photo competition (subject: spines) Acid John shows his plant that does have the red colour in the new growth!

Cheers
Günther
User avatar
Angie
BCSS Member
Posts: 166
Joined: 25 Aug 2007
Branch: PORTSMOUTH & District
Country: England
Role within the BCSS: Member
Contact:

Re: October 2011 Photo Competition - Euphorbia

Post by Angie »

Hi Günther,

Thank you for choosing my picture :smile:

Your pictures are great too, my favourite there is the E. Valida, those red spines are wonderful.

I guess that means that I have to choose this months subject. I'll announce it later, got to get my thinking cap on first.
Angie
Member of BCSS Portsmouth and District Branch since 1993
I like Fraileas,Turbinicarpus and other small cacti and a lot of the tall ones
User avatar
Tony R
Moderator
Posts: 4011
Joined: 20 Apr 2009
Branch: BROMLEY
Country: UK
Role within the BCSS: Member
Location: Hartley, LONGFIELD, Kent

Re: October 2011 Photo Competition - Euphorbia

Post by Tony R »

Well done, Angie! There were some awesone plants here, but I look forward to this month's competition, as the October one passed me by as I had no suitable euphorbias to contribute!
Tony Roberts
Treasurer, Haworthia Society
Chairman, Tephrocactus Study Group
Moderator, BCSS Forum
Kent
(Gasteria, Mammillaria, small Opuntia, Cleistocactus and Sempervivum are my current special interests)
User avatar
McFarland
BCSS Member
Posts: 1030
Joined: 14 Oct 2011
Branch: None
Country: england
Role within the BCSS: Member
Location: Devon

Re: October 2011 Photo Competition - Euphorbia

Post by McFarland »

I know it's november now, but hey, enjoy : )

Image
Euthorbia lactea by McFarland!, on Flickr

click the image, then right click on FlickR and choose 'view large, or original'

: )
User avatar
Devrim
Registered Guest
Posts: 887
Joined: 16 Mar 2008
Branch: None
Country: Turkey
Role within the BCSS: Member
Location: İzmir / Turkey

Re: October 2011 Photo Competition - Euphorbia

Post by Devrim »

Congratulations Angie, that one was my favourite too.

I sowed E. schoenlandii this march and three germinated, now two are alive and restarted growth after summer dormancy. I hope they'll become like the one in your photo one day Günther.
Eveandrea
Registered Guest
Posts: 429
Joined: 31 Aug 2008
Branch: None
Country: Italy
Role within the BCSS: Non-Member
Location: Turin - Italy

Re: October 2011 Photo Competition - Euphorbia

Post by Eveandrea »

@Angie: Also my congrats ! :smile: Maybe you can tell me what that transparent sort of snail on your E. aeruginosa is? A drop of water sliding down the stem?

@Günther: The E. brachyphylla is very pleased with your comment :wink:
Eve


Turin - Italy
Post Reply