"Other Crested Cactus"

Click on the photo or crested cactus categories below the photo to see these cactus.
The numbers line below the cactus categories is the number of pages of each type.

Cardón
 Organ
Pipe		 Barrel
 Cereus
 Cholla
 Fishhook
Pincushion		 Hedgehog Prickly
Pear		 Agave
 Eve's
Needle
8 212 158 31 45 62 27 16 1 3
Toothpick Mammillaria Caterpillar Red
Torch		 McDougal Other
16		 Other
17		 Other
18		 Other
19		 Other
20
2 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0

  These beautiful "Crested Cactus" are unusual, but this cresting characteristic can also be found in  
several different types of plants and flowers.

Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

Crested adj
1: (heraldry) bearing an heraldic device
2: (of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination; "golden crested"; "crested iris";
"crested oriole"; "tufted duck"; "tufted loosestrife" [syn: topknotted, tufted]
3: (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume [syn: plumed]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Crest \Crest\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crested; p. pr. & vb. n. Cresting.]
1. To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.

Crested \Crest"ed\ (kr[e^]st"[e^]d), a.
1. Having a crest. But laced crested helm. --Dryden.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Having a crest of feathers or hair upon the head. ``The crested bird.'' --Dryden.
3. (Bott.) Bearing any elevated appendage like a crest, as an elevated line or ridge, or a tuft. --Gray.

Definition as written by Xenomorf: Daves Garden

On Cacti; A lateral, fan-like outgrowth of the apex, which is a naturally occurring mutant growth form. A fasciation.Botanical name equivalent is 'Cristate'.

Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

Mutate v
1: cause to undergo mutation; of cells
2: undergo mutation; "cells mutate"
"Other Cactus Crest Too" section count & photo count totals
Cardón Published=8Photos Published=19 Organ Pipe Published=212Photos Published=514
Barrel Published=158Photos Published=255 Cereus Published=31Photos Published=86
Cholla Published=45Photos Published=142 Fishhook Pincushion Published=62Photos Published=80
Hedgehog Published=27Photos Published=43 Prickly Pear Published=16Photos Published=32
Agave Published=1Photos Published=4 Eve's Needle Published=3Photos Published=5
Toothpick Published=2Photos Published=5 Mammillaria Published=3Photos Published=5
Caterpillar Published=1Photos Published=1 Red Torch Published=2Photos Published=2
McDougal Published=1Photos Published=1 Other Published=0Photos Published=0
Total "Categories Published" = 15   Total "Pages Published" = 572   Total "Photos Published" = 1194