Let me allow to bring a little surprise at Halloween Day.

A little Conifer Horror Show from Cesko. Among the 4500 czech selections there are 4 bad named or reaaly horroristic plants.

Picea abies Quasimodo of Frantisek Borovec CZ

This pretty one is so bad, thats beautiful.

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Picea abies Quasimodo Mesterhazy & Borovec photo

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Picea abies Quasimodo Mesterhazy & Borovec photo

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Picea abies Quasimodo Mesterhazy & Borovec photo

Picea abies Praga

A usual growing spruce full of irregular brooms.

We called it with Dusan Horak only as "clinical spruce".

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Picea abies Praga Mesterhazy & Borovec photo

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Picea abies Praha Mesterhazy & Horak photo

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Picea abies Praha Mesterhazy & Horak photo

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Picea abies Praha Mesterhazy & Horak photo

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Picea abies Praha Mesterhazy & Horak photo

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Picea abies Praha Mesterhazy & Horak photo

Picea abies Mrtvy Muz means "Dead Man". It was found in a forest, where a dead man was found years ago...

Picea abies Mrtvy Muz Mesterhazy & Balatka photo

Picea abies Smrtak

This means "Death", found in a vaste area. The broom is vital, nice with a bad name.

Picea abies Smrtak

Malik photo

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Pinus pseudopumilio 169 Smrtak Mesterhazy & Krejci photo

Happy Halloween!

Zsolt

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