Every day new flowers in the greenhouse in Köln

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jp29 wrote:My goodness K.W. you have been busy! I have been absent from the Board for quite some time -- I had to catch up with my calligraphy commissions and renditions which had fallen hopelessly behind -- even now I am nowhere near caught up so I may disappear from the Board again for awhile shortly.

I actually read most of your recent posts on Monday of this week and once more I am captivated by your marvelous photographic skills especially the pictures of our Arizona desert and Dan Bach's & Miles Anderson's Nurseries. I had lunch with Dan on Monday and showed him all your photos -- he was amazed and asked me to pass on to you his appreciation and friendly greeting. I will visit Miles next week and show him your pics also. BTW, K.W. we only visited the western venue of the Saguaro National Monument in April -- next year we can visit the Eastern division which I personally like better.

James
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Dear James my friend,

I hope You and Beverly are well! Thank You very much for Your very friendly words!!!
My greetings and best wishes to Dan and Miles.
They welcomed me as a friend. I'll never forget it.

Especially warm greetings to Beverly.

K.W.




Good morning dear cacti friends,

today a few photos from October 24th - no cacti. . .
More photos from Arizona next week.


Mesembs:

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Mesembs, October 24th, post 2/2


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Good morning dear cacti friends,

today only one photo. . .
For me and my modest possibilities, my Photo of the Year 2015th. . . :) :wink:

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Best wishes

K.W.



PS OK. . . some plant photos. . .

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:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: WOW some of those Conophytums are GIGANARMOUS! How do you water the beasts?
Truly amazing, all your plants from mesembs to cacti ! Life goals for sure. :love10:
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K.W. wrote:.......... Dear James my friend,

I hope You and Beverly are well! Thank You very much for Your very friendly words!!!
My greetings and best wishes to Dan and Miles.
They welcomed me as a friend. I'll never forget it.

Especially warm greetings to Beverly.

K.W.
Beverly sends you her personal best wishes K.W. You forever captured her heart when you said her fried chicken was exceptional! :) :wink:

PS: Are you going to post a pic of that recently uprooted mature Saguaro we found in the desert?

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jp29 wrote:
Beverly sends you her personal best wishes K.W. You forever captured her heart when you said her fried chicken was exceptional! :) :wink:

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. . . and that was not a friendly lie! The chicken was as it could not have been better.
( As the whole dinner was!!! )
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PS: Are you going to post a pic of that recently uprooted mature Saguaro we found in the desert?

James

Yes Sir! :)
My next story will be about our visit to the "Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum".
On the way there we saw the uprooted Saguaro. Tomorrow or the day after we go back into the desert. . .


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Good morning dear cacti friends,

today a few more photos from my trip to Arizona in April 2015.
I visited, James brought me there, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.



exotisch - for a German. . . :)
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nothing is fined
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come a little closer. . .
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Opuntia and
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Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum 13th of April 2015, post 2/3


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Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum 13th of April 2015, post 3/3


woodpecker & agave
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Another agave
Nature is an artist, that's fine art!
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Mammillaria
partly with its own water supply. . .
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Bird's Nest, good place!
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Not bad either. .
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PS After the museum some desert. We see a Saguaro from below. Tomorrow. . .
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K.W. wrote:.......... today a few more photos from my trip to Arizona in April 2015 ..........
Magnificent photography as always K.W. Not only portraying beauty and the majesty of nature, but also conveying the essence of the Sonoran desert.

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jp29 wrote:
K.W. wrote:.......... today a few more photos from my trip to Arizona in April 2015 ..........
Magnificent photography as always K.W. Not only portraying beauty and the majesty of nature, but also conveying the essence of the Sonoran desert.

James
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Good evening dear cacti friends,

I am still waiting for the delivery freight forwarding. So I can quickly show you some pictures from today.

and one from yesterday. . .
There are other interesting plants.
Not succulent, but the fruits are good to drink. . .
Dernau in the Ahr valley.
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Copiapoa olivana
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main section, last Lithops flowers
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photos from 9th of November, post 2/3


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photos from 9th of November, post 3/3


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Beste wishes

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November-evening-cactus-feelings
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Wow!! Such great photos K.W.! Thank you for sharing your trip with us. Miles' place looks fantastic! Those Ariocarpus he has are giants! Would love to visit one day. Do you have any other pics of his place? Did you visit any other nurseries?


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Mark wrote:Wow!! Such great photos K.W.! Thank you for sharing your trip with us. Miles' place looks fantastic! Those Ariocarpus he has are giants! Would love to visit one day. Do you have any other pics of his place? Did you visit any other nurseries?


Mark
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Yes, Yes, Yes!!! :wink:





Good morning dear cacti friends,

I owe you still a few pictures from the Sonora desert. . .



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oh, das war die Bewässerung meiner Terrasse - Frühstück beendet. . . Oh, that was watering my patio - breakfast ended. . .

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water seems to be no problem - in the dessert. . .


after these little warming-up - desert!!!
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Oh. . . just a front yard on the street. . . but for me sensational. . .
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There it is, the desired Sonoran Desert!
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