September Topic: Spines and other Sharp Things
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lzrddr
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September Topic: Spines and other Sharp Things
Sorry it took me so long... didn't realize I was supposed to choose the next subject.
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Re: September Topic: Spines and other Sharp Things
No worries, we ain't all 'sharp' as a new pin. 
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Re: September Topic: Spines and other Sharp Things
Great subject, I like spines. So, here are some favourites of mine.
Mammillaria geminispina
Agave titanota
Agave parrasana
Ferocactus histrix
Obsessive Crassulaceae lover, especially Aeoniums but also grow, Aloes, Agaves, Haworthias and a select number of Cacti.
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Re: September Topic: Spines and other Sharp Things
Oh, there are plenty of spiny things here - it's a pity that I'm not particularly fond of them - how do you handle a 1m tall and 60 cm wide monster? But after making some photographs I must admit, they are sculptural and the flowering ones even eye-catching. I'm sure, if I saw them in nature, I'd like them! 
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Re: September Topic: Spines and other Sharp Things
Spines and other Sharp Things - not that spines are necessarily sharp...
...even if they're quite long...
...or if they don't belong to a cactus.
On the other hand, some do qualify as sharp...
...or even vicious...
...even if they don't look too bad...
...then there are the showy ones...
...and even the non-cacti have some in that category...
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Re: September Topic: Spines and other Sharp Things
Some non cactus variably spiny ish.
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Re: September Topic: Spines and other Sharp Things
Weird spines (and a bud)
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Re: September Topic: Spines and other Sharp Things
I love the spines on Echinocactus polycephalus
Cheshire, UK
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Re: September Topic: Spines and other Sharp Things
I don't seem to have many spiny plants now but this one lives in the house so it was easy to photograph