I just came across these little videos and thought they were interesting. http://www.flickr.com/photos/vittoriomazzarello/766947 Anacampseros alstonii (red flower) dance http://www.flickr.com/photos/vittoriomazzarello/7669377180/# pyrrhocactus huascensis http://www.flickr.com/photos/vittoriomazzarel...

Those prices are usually the result of runaway algorithmic price arbitrage bots. There is an interesting writeup of what may have been going on here (though there is just one seller on amazon). http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=358 My wife an I actually got 'bot arbitraged' on amazon about a month...

Horticourt Stories: Dr. Gerald Barad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_MluP69muA

And what you haven't mentioned is that the good old Royal Mail pay the VAT on your behalf then charge you that and an additional fee for the privilege and you get a nasty shock when you go to collect it at the nearest sorting office because they won't deliver it to your door! Is it royal mail? When...

US and Canadian customs are not the experience to look forward, but UK seems to be the mother of all customs! Is it that bad when a person goes through the customs as well? When I was a permanent resident I was never once checked for anything when I re-entered the UK @ Birmingham airport or at Heat...

I'm guessing that a lot of the pots are from this guy who is quite active in the California succulent world:
http://plants-pottery-photo.blogspot.com/

Some of the photos on his site match things at the show.

For those who have facebook accounts:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 657&type=3

Thanks maja.

You are defiantly correct that #9 is A. juvena. I'm less confident about the H. Retusa though.

In rebuilding my collection I have ended up with lots of plants with little or no name information and could use some help putting possible IDs to plants 1. Haworthia http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3832/10143033845_3e5f533d6d.jpg Untitled by srboisvert , on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3743/1...

Camarillo Springs fire and the Dudleya populations with some photos

http://www.xericworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5441
http://www.xericworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4900