Cactus & Succulent Contest at Royal Flora Expo, Thailand

[Rob]

WOW!!!!!!
What a stunning set of pics!

This must be the place for a Forum trip guys!
Can you imagine wandering among that lot for a day or two????

Thanks for showing us Stephania. Any more? Please!!!!!!!

[Bill]

You're a wicked person, all those wonderful plants.

Thanks for sharing, some amazing plants

[Julie]

Rob, great idea!! We could get a group discount with Ryanair and hire a minibus when we land, hey, it would work great!

A minibus with a trailer for acquired cacti.....

[Cactus Jack]

Wow Stephania , Great plants, thanks for showing them to us

[North Lincs Mike]

Thanks Stephania. Amazing plants - be difficult to get back to uk though.
How about sending a container full here.

Best wishes Mike

[Tina]

The quality of those plants is amazing & the size of the Astro's !!!!.

Must have been very hard to judge, thanks for the great pictures.
How many classes were there, is this an open or club event ?

[stephania]

This international competition is a special public event.
It is a part of our Royal Flora Expo, a massive horticultural display. The purpose of the exposition is to honour our His Majesty King Bhumibol 's 80th birthday and 60 th anniversary of his accession to the Throne.

The copetition consist of 12 classes, such as Orchid, Cut Flower, Aquatic Plant, Gardens, Potted plan, etc.
The potted plant has 17 group/206 Catagories, among these, Cactus and Succulent are held in 50 catagories, most of them are Cactus.

[Julie]

Wow! How many people attended, Stephania?

[Roy]

hi Stephania,
do you have much of a problem with pests in Thailand?

[Spiniflores]

great plants!
amazing ariocarpus and peyotes...

GREAT SHOW, thanks for share that photos.