User talk:Gshinton

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Hi
Say, are you the George S. Hinton of cactus discovery fame? It would be great to have you contributing some more photos and info! As you see from the above notice, we like to get explicit licenses and other descriptive material on contributed images, so somebody looking at them years from now will know what they're all about. Stan 13:54, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Hello
Yes, I was the first plant collector to chance into the gypsum valley of San José del Río. There I found the new genus Geohintonia, a second species of Aztekium and of Hunnemannia-both hitherto monotypic; also there were an undescribed species of Gibasis, Tridax and Eupatorium. I have always liked the gypsum and have been very fortunate that most other collectors have overlooked it. I have recently collected four new species in the gypsum outcrops in Coahuila and Nuevo León.

I took the photo of the Aztekium in habitat but I got lost along the way of putting next to the one you have of A. ritteri-I would appreciate your help in this matter. I have other photos showing the high density of plants which might be interesting to readers. All the photos are mine.

We estimated the number of plants of A. hintonii to be about 40,000,000 and of Geohintonia around 400,000. A. hintonii grows over a very large area of gypsum and what is usually visited by collectors is along the road to San José del Rio. The rest of it is untouched. The habitat of A. ritteri has been impacted by human activity but there are still a few million plants left. I have read various accounts of the demise of Aztekium in the wild-all very exagerated. Geohintonia is also doing well.

The genus Aztekium is not part of the folklore, as is Lophophora, probably because it was relatively unknown until recently.

If you could guide me as to how to post the photos, please contact me at gshinton@starband.net. Cheers.