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Hey guys , i stumbled upon this during my travels. check out this backyard!

Is the large cactus p.pringlei?

What do you guys think..?

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that is amazing, Did you talk to the people who owned it? I wonder how old it is?

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how did anyone notice the pachypodium in the background?

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Mikes place :drool2:

There is quite a few of us west aussies that have bought plants from there over the years

Here is a link to an old thread with pics of how big his collection was.

http://www.shaman-au...47&hl=mike&st=0

Is Mike still there?

Is all of the collection still there?

Cheers

Got

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Sorry guys mike passed away last year.

Turns out the house is for sale.(if not sold already) fuck i wanted to buy it!

i managed to talk his son into selling the 'mike' mother plants.

They are growing at mine now, along with heaps of other stuff from mike . bloody legend i rekon.

Lots of larger cacti in the ground still (heaps actually) all the pots are taken away to the sons place.but he sure did leave a shit load of cacti left to be loved!

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Sorry to here that he passed away, but at least his collection isn't getting levelled or chipped completely.

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RIP Mike

You were a cacti legend

My two daughters still remember going to Mikes with me and spending a few hours wandering around his collection and talking cacti.

On here most people know of mike because of his Bridgesii but his passion for cacti was very broad as the photos in the other thread show

This one of the mammillaria's I bought for my 3 year old daughter in 2009

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And this is the same plant now which my daughter now wants to name Mike :wub:

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Cheers

Got

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Yer r.i.p. mike

the collection is subject to the new owners feelings on cacti.

Thats why i wanna buy the house!

Hopefully they enjoy them half as much as all of us cactiheads!

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Yes i agree its very likely Pachcereus Pringeli. Awesome Tree!

 

I'll second that opinion. Wish I could find one in NZ! Apparently they're the tallest cacti in the world!

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I'm probly wrong but I'm not so sure on that being a Pachy, Looks very Tricho to me, those realy decent spines all the way up don't pachy get quite less spiney when mature?, the rib count looks a little low, general girth seems a bit slim, colour looks a little too vibrant, it does have a certain knobbliness but it does not seem as distinct as as what you see of pachy in habitat.

To me it looks alot like what I have seen pics of validus from here in Aus...

Like I said I'm probly wrong, I have only seen pics of Pachy at that size although I have seen Tricho's of around that size. Why do you ask if its specificaly Pachy flum?, do you have any other pics?, bigger?, closer?

Gorgeous cactus at any rate.

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thanks for replys

Shruman-Sorry ive got no better/closer pics .im still not 100% sure on p.pringlei,but upclose rib count is about11-13, ,and it did look very similar to pic #1 (pic 2 is p.pringlei also)

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Hey bit,

I think I've seen a couple on my wanderings. I'll let you know if I see one again. :)

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