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Gertrud & Ad Konings Cacti have fascinated Gertrud and Ad
Konings since they moved to El Paso, Texas, in 1996. A few years later
it became more than a fascination and they have traveled extensively
throughout the state in order to locate and photograph each and every
cactus species in its natural setting. With over nine years of cactus
hunting (shooting with a camera exclusively!) under their belt, they
are some of the very few people who have seen and photographed each of
the 136 species in the wild. Almost all of these species were
photographed while in bloom; not a minor achievement when one considers
that many species flower for just a single afternoon per year, if at
all.
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 Gertrud
Konings has a PhD in biology and teaches at the El Paso Community
College. She is the newsletter editor of the El Paso
Cactus and Rock
Club. Ad Konings is a biologist by profession and specializes in
underwater observation and photo- graphy of cichlids (tropical
freshwater
fish) and has authored more than 20
books relating to these fishes.
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