May 2015: M is for May and...

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May 2015: M is for May and...

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The May photo competition is for any succulent plant whose genus name or species name begins with an M.
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Do they have to be flowering in May also?

Any Mammillaria will do, I guess, but this is a nice one:
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Not many "m" Lithops, so how about Muiria?
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iann wrote:Do they have to be flowering in May also?
No; and my decision on the winner will not be influenced by flowers, although the winning photo might be of a plant in flower. :???: We'll have to wait and see. I guess your Mammillaria photo is of Senilis, Ian.
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M is for ... Mammillaria Carminae

Bought a storage box in town and an awfully big sheet of tracing paper. Between myself, himself and a glue gun a light tent was born.

Here's the 1st photo from it, that fitted in with the months comp theme.
Itty bitty flower.
Itty bitty flower.
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Margareta, Lapidaria margaretae:
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Here's a few 'M' succulents I have either grown or photographed (most are NOT my plants).
Machairophyllum bijlii in used flowers H March.jpg
Machairophyllum latifolium H 14.jpg
Maihuenia poeppigii intercity11.jpg
Maihueniopsis aka Puna subterranea.jpg
Maihueniopsis Opuntia clavaroides ccc.jpg
Malephora crocea flowers nice H.jpg
Mammillaria bocasana Fred with reversion section intercity 14.jpg
Massonia depressa SG show top.jpg
Melocactus zehntneri aka canesensi H.jpg
Melocactus zehntneri aka canesensi H.jpg (89.29 KiB) Viewed 4956 times
Mestoklema arborforme intercity 14.jpg
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What species is this?:

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Not Monsonia, I reckon.
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Aiko wrote:What species is this?
Maihuenia poeppigii
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Ah. Surprising!
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Sorry, just as I was uploading the photos, we had to leave in a hurry and I had no time to identify anything… I apologize!

Machairophyllum bijili; Machairophullum latifolium; Maihuenia poeppigii; Maihueniopsis subturranea; Maihueniopsis clavaroides; Malephora crocea; Mammillaria bocasana 'Fred' (with a bit of normal cactus on one side); Massonia depress; Melocactus zehntneri; Mestoklema arboriforme
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