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Hey Buck, Feathers ruffled, jungle drums, smoke signals. I just knew the mention of the Lexicon would cause ears to prick up.
Has it actually been published; has someone really seen one and had they been drinking at the time; worst of all has someone got a copy before me? All these thoughts flashed through my mind too.
What I did think about is that our own Forum is now a vast store of knowledge, freely given by you and all the other members and if that knowledge could be collated into some sort of order with an index (don't try it daiv), I am sure that it would rival any book ever published, including the Lexicon.
John
Has it actually been published; has someone really seen one and had they been drinking at the time; worst of all has someone got a copy before me? All these thoughts flashed through my mind too.
What I did think about is that our own Forum is now a vast store of knowledge, freely given by you and all the other members and if that knowledge could be collated into some sort of order with an index (don't try it daiv), I am sure that it would rival any book ever published, including the Lexicon.
John
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John,templegatejohn wrote:What I did think about is that our own Forum is now a vast store of knowledge, freely given by you and all the other members and if that knowledge could be collated into some sort of order with an index (don't try it daiv), I am sure that it would rival any book ever published, including the Lexicon.
John
Well, I don't know that that would be an advantage either. Here you can use the "search" mechanism in place of an index. Also, hard drive space is much cheaper than printing pages. Portability is even becoming less and less of an issue. Don't get me wrong, I am not predicting the demise of paper bound books (yet).
All Cacti are succulents, but not all succulents are Cacti
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Hi- Great looking A. hintonii! Mesa Garden has seed (aka, dust!) for $2 US. Miles Anderson and others have had some success grafting very tiny seedlings, as you mention, which then take off and grow much more quickly than on their own roots.
The first photograph in Edgar and Brian Lamb's Popular Exotic Cacti in Color is of a tiny A. ritteri that was in their Exotic Collection for more than forty years, and they estimated it was perhaps 70 years old. It is a clump of about 8 very small stems. It's impressive that they had such success with some of the real challenging desert rats in Worthing, Sussex.
It's a fascinating twist in human nature that we seem to want what's new, difficult, challenging and rare without regard to our skill as growers, our climatic conditions, or our long term commitment to the plants we acquire. Mexico should permit the export of A. hintonii to people who sign a binding contract stating that if they kill their plant, they will donate say $5,000 to Mexican conservation efforts.
Peterb
The first photograph in Edgar and Brian Lamb's Popular Exotic Cacti in Color is of a tiny A. ritteri that was in their Exotic Collection for more than forty years, and they estimated it was perhaps 70 years old. It is a clump of about 8 very small stems. It's impressive that they had such success with some of the real challenging desert rats in Worthing, Sussex.
It's a fascinating twist in human nature that we seem to want what's new, difficult, challenging and rare without regard to our skill as growers, our climatic conditions, or our long term commitment to the plants we acquire. Mexico should permit the export of A. hintonii to people who sign a binding contract stating that if they kill their plant, they will donate say $5,000 to Mexican conservation efforts.
Peterb
Well done John! You are right -this plant fascinates me too.
We had the pleasure at one of our Cacti meetings not too long ago of seeing these in habitat. The fellow, Vince, made a trip to their habitat and showed pictures of them growing wild on the cliffs. Other plants in the show were A. ritteri, G. mexicana, Ariocarpus (several), Astrophytums (several).
I actually was so excited though the presentation that I was physically tired by the time it was done!
We had the pleasure at one of our Cacti meetings not too long ago of seeing these in habitat. The fellow, Vince, made a trip to their habitat and showed pictures of them growing wild on the cliffs. Other plants in the show were A. ritteri, G. mexicana, Ariocarpus (several), Astrophytums (several).
I actually was so excited though the presentation that I was physically tired by the time it was done!
All Cacti are succulents, but not all succulents are Cacti
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well even up North here they grow ..
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