August 2015 - Flowers of flame

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August 2015 - Flowers of flame

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Hi,

The topic for August is Flowers (or foliage) of flame - reds, yellows or orange, as bright as possible please.

Best wishes,

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As nobody has started yet I will:-

Thelocactus bicolor ssp. commodus
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Sulcorebutia tarabucoensis ssp. lindae
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A little bushfire from me, too:
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Notocactus leninghausii - solo and with visitor. Photos taken this afternoon.
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After all these beautiful flowers of flame, I thought I would put in a mixture of flowers and foliage.
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Echeveria 'Domingo', a floriferous, long lasting flowerer
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The two which have caught my eye so far are Liz's Echeveria 'Domingo' and bowlful of Echeveria agavoides.
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Hamatocactus hamatacanthus
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Astrophytum senile v aureum
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Flowering to day in my cabinet :)
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I found some too:
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