Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Mammillaria spinosissima

Mammillaria spinosissima

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Original – Mammillaria spinosissima var. 'rubrispina' ('Super Red'), also known as spiny pincushion cactus, is a type of cactus that is endemic to the central Mexican states of Guerrero and Morelos, where they grow at elevations of approximately 1,600 to 1,900 meters (5,200 to 6,200 ft).

Reason

The image is technically sound, with high resolution and strong EV.

Articles in which this image appears

Mammillaria spinosissima, Mammillaria

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Others

Creator

RO

• Support as nominator – RO^(talk) 23:18, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
• Support Looks good. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:00, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
• Support --Tremonist (talk) 12:41, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
• Support - per above. Mattximus (talk) 12:44, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
• Support Absolutely love it, great image RO! Can I use it to drop on the heads of a-hole admins from time to time? ;-)♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:29, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
• Support -- DreamSparrow ^Chat 17:06, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
• Support - Nice work!--Godot13 (talk) 04:14, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
• Comment: I like it a lot, but given that this is clearly a domestic plant, could we have some indication of the cultivar? Josh Milburn (talk) 10:27, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

I've added the name of this variety (Mammillaria spinosissima var. 'rubrispina' ('Super Red')) to the article and image description on commons. RO^(talk) 16:11, 4 September 2015 (UTC

Support. Thanks! Josh Milburn (talk) 18:30, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

• Support [1] Belle (talk) 07:53, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

Promoted File:Mammillaria spinosissima by RO.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:32, 12 September 2015 (UTC)