Specks last auction
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Lithos
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Specks last auction
Ending now for those with deep pockets -Operculicarya pachypus for €1200
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Smudger
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Re: Specks last auction
I managed to bag three plants but had no intention of going for the Operculicarya Pachypus!!!! 
Re: Specks last auction
Darn Phil, you should have warned me earlier. I was just wondering what could I get myself for 1200 euros... 
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Tina
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Re: Specks last auction
The Euphorbia unispina was a good buy & a nice shaped plant.
Paul I thought you were a cacti guy, are you coming over to the leafy side
Paul I thought you were a cacti guy, are you coming over to the leafy side
Tina
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varied collection of succulents and cacti but I especially like Euphorbia's, Ariocarpus and variegated agaves.
Bucks, UK
Branch co-ordinator, Northants & MK BCSS https://northants.bcss.org.uk
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Smudger
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Re: Specks last auction
Hi Tina still mainly cacti, just got a multi branched Espotoa Lanata, but didn't really get the turnips at first!
Not sure what changed but pardon the pun they started to grow on me and seem quirky and different.... also, Jane prefers them to the spiky brutes I have so she is now responsible for them, no pressure
I am trying to split my collection now that I have got the Rhino so I can give the succulents more room and care in the timber greenhouse.
It was me who managed to get the Euphorbia Unispina and also the Pterodiscus Ruspoldii and Pseudolithos Harardheranus, but I am still awaiting the invoice from Specks which is odd so unless there has been a cock up I am either going to get some nice plants and broke or no plants and saved a lot of wonga, win, win?
Not sure what changed but pardon the pun they started to grow on me and seem quirky and different.... also, Jane prefers them to the spiky brutes I have so she is now responsible for them, no pressure
I am trying to split my collection now that I have got the Rhino so I can give the succulents more room and care in the timber greenhouse.
It was me who managed to get the Euphorbia Unispina and also the Pterodiscus Ruspoldii and Pseudolithos Harardheranus, but I am still awaiting the invoice from Specks which is odd so unless there has been a cock up I am either going to get some nice plants and broke or no plants and saved a lot of wonga, win, win?
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Tina
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Re: Specks last auction
Hi Paul,
Good that Jane is getting involved with the hobby.
Don't worry Ernst takes a while to sort out the invoice, I won one previously & wasn't even sure I had won until I got the invoice about 5 or 6 days later, it's an odd system.
Pseudolithos Harardheranu - thats a serious succulent to grow, fingers crossed for you.
He is very quick with postage so you shouldn't have long to wait.
Good that Jane is getting involved with the hobby.
Don't worry Ernst takes a while to sort out the invoice, I won one previously & wasn't even sure I had won until I got the invoice about 5 or 6 days later, it's an odd system.
Pseudolithos Harardheranu - thats a serious succulent to grow, fingers crossed for you.
He is very quick with postage so you shouldn't have long to wait.
Tina
varied collection of succulents and cacti but I especially like Euphorbia's, Ariocarpus and variegated agaves.
Bucks, UK
Branch co-ordinator, Northants & MK BCSS https://northants.bcss.org.uk
BCSS Talk team member, contact me- BCSS.Talk@Gmail.com if you want to volunteer or suggest a speaker plz.
varied collection of succulents and cacti but I especially like Euphorbia's, Ariocarpus and variegated agaves.
Bucks, UK
Branch co-ordinator, Northants & MK BCSS https://northants.bcss.org.uk
BCSS Talk team member, contact me- BCSS.Talk@Gmail.com if you want to volunteer or suggest a speaker plz.
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Smudger
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Re: Specks last auction
Hi Tina
Got an email back from Ernst yesterday he had lost my email details hence the delay, as I thought it looks like someone else bid the same amount as me but a fraction earlier for the Pseudolithos Harardheranu and Pterodiscus Ruspoldii, but I did win the Euphorbia Uninspina so not too disppointed and haven't blown all the housekeeping money either
Glad you did well at the National, if my plants survive in good nick I might give the next one a go.......!
Got an email back from Ernst yesterday he had lost my email details hence the delay, as I thought it looks like someone else bid the same amount as me but a fraction earlier for the Pseudolithos Harardheranu and Pterodiscus Ruspoldii, but I did win the Euphorbia Uninspina so not too disppointed and haven't blown all the housekeeping money either
Glad you did well at the National, if my plants survive in good nick I might give the next one a go.......!
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FaeLLe
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Re: Specks last auction
What is this auction please, how can I access it?
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Diane
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Re: Specks last auction
You can't access it, FaeLLe, Specks has now closed down, so no more auctions. And you would have needed very deep pockets to win any of their plants!
Diane - member of Kingston branch
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Growing cacti - balm to the soul!
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FaeLLe
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Re: Specks last auction
I have been looking for ways to spend my hard earned money! Money < satisfaction of big fat caudiciforms !Diane wrote:You can't access it, FaeLLe, Specks has now closed down, so no more auctions. And you would have needed very deep pockets to win any of their plants!
Are there any other plant source likes that? Most websites dont list big plants