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 settings. 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.
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Ad Konings, Ph.D. Ad devotes his life to his family and cichlids, traveling everywhere you can find those little finned creatures, to observe and photograph them in their natural habitat. Needless to say,... |
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Gertrud Konings, Ph.D. Gertrud Konings-Dudin is a Professor of Biology, retired from the El Paso Community College. She is a native of Germany and received her Ph.D. in Biology from the Free University... |