April 2013 - B is for ........

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April 2013 - B is for ........

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Handbook of Shows has 16 Cactus genera and 15 Succulent genera beginning with B, but with a bit of lateral thinking what can you manage to include in B is for?
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...blossfeldiana, Mammillaria blossfeldiana.
Mammillaria blossfeldiana SB1854
Mammillaria blossfeldiana SB1854
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My contribution are 3 B's - 2 cacti and 1 succulent :
One of Bob Shick's big, beautiful Echinopsis hybrids - 'Brigittes Beauty'
One of Bob Shick's big, beautiful Echinopsis hybrids - 'Brigittes Beauty'
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One of the less commonly seen of the genus : Thelocactus buekii
One of the less commonly seen of the genus : Thelocactus buekii
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and finally the succulent 'B'
Huernia blyderiverensis
Huernia blyderiverensis
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Bis for Blossfeldiana, of course
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bruchii
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Buds! :smile:
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...and Baby Geohintonia.
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Am I thinking laterally enough? :razz:
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CactusFanDan wrote:Buds! :smile:
...and Baby Geohintonia.
Am I thinking laterally enough? :razz:
Still fairly obvious B's :grin:
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Hi Jim Lateral thinking was coined by Edward de Bono in 1967 , in my opinion because he had no idea what good thinking is! :lol:
Anyway I will post some pictures maybe in the theme you ask for, can but try
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Crassula 'pink pyramid' ISI 91-41B

B is for 'Beauty' is in the eye of the beholder
B is for 'Bees' like these
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B is for 'Back breaking Beaucarnia' (cos its heavy!)
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