July 2017 - S is for ....
- Sheila
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July 2017 - S is for ....
Hi,
I'm going back to the alphabet, always a useful source of inspiration, for this month's topic. After a rather dismal week summer seems to be with us again (at any rate in the south-east), with plenty of sun I hope, so the topic for July is
S is for summer, sun and .....
I'll look forward to seeing your pictures.
Best wishes,
I'm going back to the alphabet, always a useful source of inspiration, for this month's topic. After a rather dismal week summer seems to be with us again (at any rate in the south-east), with plenty of sun I hope, so the topic for July is
S is for summer, sun and .....
I'll look forward to seeing your pictures.
Best wishes,
Sheila
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Re: July 2017 - S is for ....
Clarification please Sheila. is it to illustrate Summer and Sun or simply any plant or genus beginning with "S"?
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Re: July 2017 - S is for ....
DaveW wrote:Clarification please Sheila. is it to illustrate Summer and Sun or simply any plant or genus beginning with "S"?
I assumed the "and..." indicated that anything suitable beginning with S could be a contender; but I may be wrong. Unfortunately I have very few cacti or succulents whose first or second names begin with that letter. I'll have to think laterally,

Rod Smith
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Re: July 2017 - S is for ....
Hi,
It was supposed to be any plant name beginning with S (genus or specific or cultivar) - I thought there would be quite a few, not necessarily something in flower at the moment.
Or, as Rod suggests, you can think laterally. How about S is for splendid, S is for small, S is for scarlet, or even S is for surprise - something you never thought would flower.
Anything really. I would like some entries though please. It would be embarrassing to be the first person to set a subject which had no entries at all.
Thank you in advance.
It was supposed to be any plant name beginning with S (genus or specific or cultivar) - I thought there would be quite a few, not necessarily something in flower at the moment.
Or, as Rod suggests, you can think laterally. How about S is for splendid, S is for small, S is for scarlet, or even S is for surprise - something you never thought would flower.
Anything really. I would like some entries though please. It would be embarrassing to be the first person to set a subject which had no entries at all.
Thank you in advance.
Sheila
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Re: July 2017 - S is for ....
Sheila wrote:...I would like some entries though please. It would be embarrassing to be the first person to set a subject which had no entries at all...
I'm sure I'll manage something, Sheila.
Rod Smith
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Hi,
Great some entries. It has occurred to me that you could enter anything you didn't have a specific name for as S is for sp!. Also, for Rod, you could always have S is for survivor (of the dark).
S is for scarlet - people's ideas of scarlet vary so it could be any shade of red. I'm sure there are plenty more ideas out there.
Best wishes,
Great some entries. It has occurred to me that you could enter anything you didn't have a specific name for as S is for sp!. Also, for Rod, you could always have S is for survivor (of the dark).
S is for scarlet - people's ideas of scarlet vary so it could be any shade of red. I'm sure there are plenty more ideas out there.
Best wishes,
Sheila
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Re: July 2017 - S is for ....
Sheila wrote:Hi,
Great some entries. It has occurred to me that you could enter anything you didn't have a specific name for as S is for sp!. Also, for Rod, you could always have S is for survivor (of the dark).
S is for scarlet - people's ideas of scarlet vary so it could be any shade of red. I'm sure there are plenty more ideas out there.
Best wishes,
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Re: July 2017 - S is for ....
OK, to show willing as I asked.
"S" is for Sulcorebutia.
Sulcorebutia tiraquensis ssp. electracantha.
Sulcorebutia tarabucoensis ssp. lindae.
Sulcorebutia patriciae.
Sulcorebutia purpurea.
"S" is for small.
Lophophora alberto-vojtechii (the "littlest Lophophora") 5p coin against it.
"S" is for stellatum.
Gymocalycium stellatum.
"S" is for saboae.
Mammillaria saboae.
and lastly "S" is for sanchez-mejoradae.
Mammillaria sanchez-mejoradae.
"S" is for Sulcorebutia.
Sulcorebutia tiraquensis ssp. electracantha.
Sulcorebutia tarabucoensis ssp. lindae.
Sulcorebutia patriciae.
Sulcorebutia purpurea.
"S" is for small.
Lophophora alberto-vojtechii (the "littlest Lophophora") 5p coin against it.
"S" is for stellatum.
Gymocalycium stellatum.
"S" is for saboae.
Mammillaria saboae.
and lastly "S" is for sanchez-mejoradae.
Mammillaria sanchez-mejoradae.
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Re: July 2017 - S is for ....
A few of mine.
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