October 2015 Mexican mix - any Mexican plant

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October 2015 Mexican mix - any Mexican plant

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Topic for October is "Mexican mix - any Mexican plant". Plenty of scope for both cacti and succulents.
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My choice of plants is Agaves.
Agave guadalajarana.
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Agave potatorum.
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Agave lophantha quadricolor
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Agave patonii
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Echevaria flowers, can't remember its name
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Echeveria rundelli...?
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Echeveria setosa possibly var deminuta or minor.
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Liz M wrote:Echeveria setosa possibly var deminuta or minor.
Aiko wrote:Echeveria rundelli...?
had both of those!!
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Hi,
A couple of entries from me.
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I was a little disappointed by the number of entries - I can't believe that very few grow any Mexican plants. The quality of plants didn't disappoint - there were plenty that I'd find greenhouse space for. Chris's Mamm bombycina nearly won it, but was just edged out by Sheila's Thelocactus bicolor. I did like the lighting effect, the clear focus on petals and anthers, and the way the spines and areoles were picked out.

So over to you, Sheila
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Hi,

Thank you Mike. I too was surprised by the low number of entries to this competition, I would have expected many more.

With that in mind I've tried to pick something for this month that will be as wide-ranging as possible.

So the topic for November will be 'Good growing 2015'. Any plant that did well for you in 2015.

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