JULY Photo Comp - "The Color Purple"

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Re: JULY Photo Comp - "The Color Purple"

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Definately a tough class to define, but this looked pretty purple, to my eye at least, in the greenhouse yesterday.
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Re: JULY Photo Comp - "The Color Purple"

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Matthew,
Your one is huge! That would need my greenhouse by itself! Certainly appreciated the "accident". Such variation in this category. Great photos.
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What fun this has been! And not an easy one to judge, either.

Many thanks to everyone who has entered - some stunning shots here.

Special mentions go to Morgan's Beauty for his beautiful Echinocereus perbellus. Dragonlil's seedpod is a nice variation on the theme, but nowhere near purple enough.

Maurice Vaughan's entry of Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze is a humorous take, but sorry - NAS!! (Not according to schedule) and he was truly great!

Finally I was left with two contenders, and have had great difficulty deciding which to choose....

Mal H's Echinocereus melanocentrus is the WINNER!! Yes, somewhere in the centre is deep purple!
Commiserations go to Jim Mercer as runner-up for his eye-searing Trichodiadema rogersii!

So, over to you Mal....
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Well done, Mal . Also like Rob's Turbinocarpus (tu) :smile:
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Re: JULY Photo Comp - "The Color Purple"

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Photo added to Winner's gallery

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Re: JULY Photo Comp - "The Color Purple"

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Ha Ha, many thanks Diane, I am glad my picture was not judged too clever-clogsy.

Well, I am going to stick with a colour theme since recently, when looking around my greenhouse as the flowers diminished, I noted how many shades and variations of green there were, not including the green flowers! So with the broadest remit my theme for August is "Shades of Green".
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many thanks diane and congrats to Mal (tu) (tu) (tu)
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Congrats Mal,
Even Jimmy Hendrix would have appreciated your photo. Weel done.
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