"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.

Cardon
Organ
Pipe
Barrel
Cereus
Cholla
Fishhook
Pincushion
Hedgehog Prickly
Pear
Agave
Eve's
Needle
5 170 139 20 34 62 25 14 1 3
Tooth
Pick
Mammi
llaria
Cater
pillar
Red
Torch
Mc
Dougal
Other
16
Other
17
Other
18
Other
19
Other
20
2 1 1 1 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=5Photos Published=13 Organ Pipe Published=170Photos Published=396
Barrel Published=139Photos Published=227 Cereus Published=20Photos Published=61
Cholla Published=34Photos Published=109 Fishhook Pincushion Published=62Photos Published=80
Hedgehog Published=25Photos Published=39 Prickly Pear Published=14Photos Published=29
Agave Published=1Photos Published=4 Eve's Needle Published=3Photos Published=5
Toothpick Published=2Photos Published=5 Mammillaria Published=1Photos Published=2
Caterpillar Published=1Photos Published=1 Red Torch Published=1Photos Published=1
McDougal Published=1Photos Published=1 Other Published=0Photos Published=0
Total "Categories Published" = 15   Total "Pages Published" = 479   Total "Photos Published" = 973