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RayC's Collection

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Some general photos of my Collection housed in a Alton 22ft x 8ft Aluminium greenhouse.
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Very impressive, Ray. You obviously look after your collection well.
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The big Astrophytum seems to dominate everything else, even the large Opuntias. It's really big, how old is it?
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Liz M wrote:The big Astrophytum seems to dominate everything else, even the large Opuntias. It's really big, how old is it?
It's about 14in (36cm) high and 8in (20cm) diameter, Liz,I bought it as a seedling around 45 years ago!
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Very nice Astrophytum group you have there as well as all your other plants can I ask what is on the other staging or is that you propagation and planting area
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Incredible collection Ray :-)
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Looking great, thanks for sharing
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A great collection you have there :smile:
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Wow, they look lovely. Someday i hope to have a collection like that.
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