Cephalocereus apicephalium

By Chris Clarke on 2009 03 27 at 10:34:26 am

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arvind 2009 03 27 at 12:12:09 pm

That’s cephalo who looks mighty cereusly awesome!
Chris Clarke 2009 03 27 at 12:17:33 pm

You sure column like you see ‘em, arvind.
sherwood 2009 03 27 at 1:08:22 pm

Geez, that borders on the obscene.
Orange 2009 03 28 at 8:03:11 am

I see an oddball organism like that and I go all LOLcats: UR DOIN IT RONG. That cactus looks insane.
Fred Levitan 2009 03 30 at 4:00:19 pm

Thank you! The tallest, most ridiculous (I don’t call it that to its face) cactus in my collection now has a name! Rescued from the free area next to the Dumpster when I lived in an apartment in Redding, it’s grown about two feet, and has three new shoots straining skywards. Never flowered, though - I’m hoping someday it will - those blooms are bizarre too!

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