Another first timer

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Re: Another first timer

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RAYWOODBRIDGE wrote: Fri Jun 05, 2020 10:30 pm it appears to be more pink Ralph, or was that the light when the photograph was taken
I wondered that myself. It's not a huge change, if it is real.
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Re: Another first timer

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Well 17 days latter 2 of the buds finally opened Ralph .
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Re: Another first timer

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The flower colour seems pretty consistent in all these pictures.
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Re: Another first timer

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ralphrmartin wrote: Sun Jun 21, 2020 4:40 pm The flower colour seems pretty consistent in all these pictures.
This is the spineless form:

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and one day later, same flower:

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Re: Another first timer

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That's definitely a stronger colour.
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Mine in flower for the first time too...
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and next to it on the staging, another plant excelling in the 2020 sun...
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Re: Another first timer

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This one shouldn't be long either, another first timer for me...
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Re: Another first timer

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Are you sure that is Opuntia bulbispina?
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Re: Another first timer

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I’m open to suggestions. It came named as such but has much bigger growth habit than another plant I have labelled as bulbispina. I had thought there may be two clones.
Thoughts?
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