Nomenclature of Opuntia Cactus Spines

[Alan Sondheim]

  Nomenclature of Opuntia Cactus Spines


  I have been enumerating the spines of my opuntia, which are in the
  thousands. It seems far too difficult to name them individually; however,
  they might well be grouped by tens, hundreds, even thousands. Such
  groups are families, for example the kynn family, kgerrard family, and so
  forth. I am delighted with the results. Whereas spines previously were
  associated only with a particular pad, now they are placed within smaller
  communal organizations of both friendship and cameraderie.

  For a long time, I worked on the various family names; the following are
  the results. Please note there may be repetitions; consider this one of
  the follies of the time, the difficulty to track anything at all (given
  the relative explosion of information, to which the spines themselves are
  immune). Enjoy -

  10 ggold
  20 crystal
  30 cbpp
  40 obsidian
  50 kynn
  60 daz
  70 rmc
  80 kynn
  90 rtaylor
  1000 daz
  1010 cbpp
  1020 ma
  1030 daz
  1040 rmc
  1050 grvsmth
  1060 rtaylor
  1070 val
  1080 daz
  1090 rtaylor
  2000 seligman
  2010 richp
  2020 cbpp
  2030 xuanmai
  2040 val
  2050 tss
  2060 seligman
  2070 rmc
  2080 jfn
  2090 richp
  3000 xuanmai
  3010 rmc
  3020 jfn
  3030 baldwin
  3040 daz
  3050 kgerrard
  3060 checker
  3070 bhp
  3080 clay
  3090 kylet
  4000 daz
  4010 grvsmth
  4020 bord
  4030 kgerrard
  4040 val
  4050 kylet
  4060 egg
  4070 tomcarr
  4080 tss
  4090 mcrosby
  5000 val
  5010 richp
  5020 bhp
  5030 jfn
  5040 kylet
  5050 jfn
  5060 egg
  5070 bitty
  5080 jfn
  5090 bhp
  6000 kuper
  6010 mrovner
  6020 jfn
  6030 rmc
  6040 lederman
  6050 rmc
  6060 kylet
  6070 bitty
  6080 crystal
  6090 bord
  7000 mittle
  7010 ggold
  7020 marathon
  7030 bord
  7040 kuper
  7050 herschel
  7060 bartlett
  7070 mcrosby
  7080 obsidian
  7090 jfn
  8000 bartlett
  8010 ma
  8020 rmc
  8030 jfn
  8040 hd-fxsts
  8050 marathon
  8060 kuper
  8070 cshapiro
  8080 bhp
  8090 kynn
  9000 thor
  9010 lederman
  9020 ma
  9030 snefru
  9040 hd-fxsts
  9050 claudia
  9060 obsidian
  9070 herschel
  9080 obsidian


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