New Arrivals from LA

TimN · Post by **TimN** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:31 pm

I took some pictures of the plants I bought and/or acquired on my travels in LA this past weekend.

A group shot...

Albuca circinata spiralis - I saw a picture of one of these and thought it was cool, so when I saw it I couldn't resist.

Gymno denudatum - Got this one for my sister.

Mammillaria duwei - pubescent central and radial spines!

I filled out my nascent miniature Mamms collection with a M. hernandezii

A nice luethy...

A saboa saboa

An M. theresae

And I'm taking another shot at raising a Peniocereus greggii...

Tony kindly gave me this pot of Pereskiopsis. Lookout seedlings!

I bought a couple of plants from Corona Cactus on my way home for good measure!

Astrophytum capricorne v. aureum...

Escobaria minima - Nice little plant with very dense spination.

Echinocereus subinermis - Darryl had a really nice clump, so I got this one to add to the collection.

Whew! It was a whirlwind weekend. I got some nice plants. Even my wife thought the miniatures are nice.

*I updated/corrected the names from the original post.

Tim

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:55 pm

Nice haul!

Astrophytum capricorne v. aureum
Escobaria minima
Echinocereus subinermis

Craig Fry · Post by **Craig Fry** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:14 pm

That M. herrerrae is a M. hernandez

TimN · Post by **TimN** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:38 pm

Oops, thanks for the catch on the herrerrae/hernandez. They don't even look similar!

Thanks for the updates on the names, D!

Tim

Post by **daiv** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:13 pm

Nice! Glad you were able to make it up to LA and get some new plants!

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:37 pm

the P. greggii looks to me like greggii v. greggii, that is, the Chihuahuan Desert form. As Greg and I have mentioned before, be sure to shelter it from winter rains.

peterb

hablu · Post by **hablu** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:15 pm

Woohoo!! All those beautiful Mams!! yummy!
Harry

Ocotillo · Post by **Ocotillo** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:15 pm

Very nice Tim.

What's in the plastic bags in the background? Are those seedlings?

Steve-o · Post by **Steve-o** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:10 pm

Looks like I need to add E. minima to my want list.

What a beauty!

Some nice acquisitions, too! Nice taste!

iann · Post by **iann** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:45 pm

Look at that! Even the grafting stock looks cleaner than some of my plants

TimN · Post by **TimN** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:07 pm

Thanks for the kind comments, all.

Yes, the plastic baggies in the background are my seedlings. The batch in front are the oldest, the ones behind were just planted a few weeks ago. I posted some photos of the seedlings in "Raised from Seed" not too long ago.

The reason I really wanted to make it to this show was to find some nice/unusual plants, and that worked out in spades! I was a little disappointed there weren't any Astrophytum caput-medusae. The mini-Mamms more than made up for it though.

Ian, Tony is responsible for the nice Pereskiopsis. All of his plants looked fantastic. His grafting success has really encouraged me to try grafting some seedlings once this stock gets a little bigger.

Tim

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:36 am

Wow, thanks for the compliments Tim.

Those mini Mamms really are top notch and the little Escobaria is sweet.

Picked up one of those a few weeks back.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:55 am

Great plants Tim. I like the mams and escobaria!

Mark

Prism1234 · Post by **Prism1234** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:19 pm

Wow!! I wish I cold get ahold of some beauties like that!!

Very nice!!

hob · Post by **hob** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:30 pm

some really nice plants there

and an onion for the burgers