August 2012 - 'Shades of Green'

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Re: August 2012 - 'Shades of Green'

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Brasilcactus graessneri aka
Parodia haselbergii ssp. graessneri
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Another posting this time its Marginalis ruba with a smudged flower. This is before it turns purple.
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I found another picture with some nice shades of green.
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Some of the varied colours of my Euphorbia, it's a shame about the spines or I would try moving them nearer together but there would be casualties.
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One of the prettier agaves-agave kissho kan nafaku
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Wow Tina - that last one is a real beauty. That would be my winner for sure.
Lovely colours.
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Being intending to join in these for a while so I will go with this shot at the Natinal the other week
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Hi,

Another green flower.
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Shades of green this certainly is :grin: - a Bladder Grasshopper and succulents snapped in the Little Karoo.
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...one more - Crassula arborescens (?) beside the road somewhere in the Little Karoo.
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