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- Sat Sep 22, 2007 12:30 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: ###BIRMINGHAM AUTUMN SHOW###
- Replies: 46
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Re: ###BIRMINGHAM AUTUMN SHOW###
Hi, Just to add a bit more, this is probably the best venue in the UK for a branch show and one I always look forward to. Birmingham Botanical Gardens are well worth a visit and the show venue leads directly off the greenhouses so anyone going round the greenhouses can't miss the show. I think exhib...
- Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:31 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Haworthia 'Big Joe'
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1263
Haworthia 'Big Joe'
I've seen this Haworthia -Big Joe - in John Pilbeam's list and was given one at a recent Croydon meeting. As I'm always keen to know the origin of names and sources of cultivars and hybrids I asked John where the name came from. It's named by John after a well-known Dutch nurseryman but for reasons ...
- Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:14 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Edenbridge BCSS Show.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1892
Re: Edenbridge BCSS Show.
There is an interesting story about Edenbridge show (2005) which can only be repeated across the Atlantic - or if I'm bought enough beers at ELK!!
Stuart
Stuart
- Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:04 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Amazing plants!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2564
Re: Amazing plants!
Well spotted - they were Woody's but he sold his entire nursery and collection a year ago (the only way he could move from California to New Mexico) but I'm sure it wont be long before he's back selling again. If I had to come up with a list of top 10 speakers he would be well out on top - plus our ...
- Sat Jul 28, 2007 12:55 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: ELK
- Replies: 71
- Views: 10689
Re: ELK
I'll be on one of the early ferries from Calais, probably about 7ish, pity ELK isn't as well organised as Havering Mart. It's usually a general mad rush as soon as the doors open with nurseries trying to set up at the same time as buyers are flooding in. The start time on the ELK website can best be...
- Sat Jul 21, 2007 5:35 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Mammillaria formosa the new Ariocarpus?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 7917
Re: Mammillaria formosa the new Ariocarpus?
Hi , Yes I know that along with Jane I've got a flower shop (by default because it started in 1982 as all indoor plants and all these annoying customers turned it into a florists) but don't call me a florist! OK so I'm typing this in a shop surrounded by a few leftover flowers but florist!! how did ...
- Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:56 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Mammillaria formosa the new Ariocarpus?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 7917
Re: Mammillaria formosa the new Ariocarpus?
Hi again, I forgot to mention that I start all plants on ebay at ?2.50 and if only one bidder, the plant will sell for ?2.50. This happens to a few plants each week. Since my last post I've had a couple of messages from other nurserymen so I'll repeat - ebay isn't the only place to obtain plants. On...
- Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:28 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Mammillaria formosa the new Ariocarpus?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 7917
Re: Mammillaria formosa the new Ariocarpus?
Hi all, Thought I'd add my bit here as its my plant you're talking about. Whilst it's a nice plant, grown from habitat seed I collected ages ago, I agree the price has gone too far. When I post it I'll almost certainly add something else in with it. Geoff is quite correct, I sold him one of the same...
- Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:51 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Tickling sticks
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4409
Re: Tickling sticks
When I'm pollinating Aloes and Haworthias I just hold the two flowers and push them gently together. I'm sure they enjoy it much more than a quick poke by a cat's whisker!
Stuart
Stuart
- Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:46 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Lobivia Grandelucia Cristata
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2281
Re: Lobivia Grandelucia Cristata
It comes from a wholesale nursery that used to be at Ash in Kent (not Ken Burke) but another nursery in the same village who used to get annoyed if I even mentioned his existance at BXCSS talks!! He used wooden labels and Ken Burke used to sell large crests on their own roots from him, the Lobivia w...