Re: visit to ZSS yesterday
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:16 pm
Marlon Machado Wrote:
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> After seeing Copiapoa in habitat, I do not get
> that impressed with cultivated plants of this
> genus. The plants in cultivation are just not as
> magnificent as plants in the field. Okay, the
> smaller species like humilis etc. may grow into
> nice plants in cultivation, but I have yet to see
> a nice collection of the bigger species.
>
> Cheers,
I totally agree Marlon, Copiapoa are most attractive in their natural environment. Something I hope to witness myself someday, in the flesh, so to speak. But it hasn't stopped me from wanting to cultivate them myself in a sun scorched, drought ridden Scotland
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> After seeing Copiapoa in habitat, I do not get
> that impressed with cultivated plants of this
> genus. The plants in cultivation are just not as
> magnificent as plants in the field. Okay, the
> smaller species like humilis etc. may grow into
> nice plants in cultivation, but I have yet to see
> a nice collection of the bigger species.
>
> Cheers,
I totally agree Marlon, Copiapoa are most attractive in their natural environment. Something I hope to witness myself someday, in the flesh, so to speak. But it hasn't stopped me from wanting to cultivate them myself in a sun scorched, drought ridden Scotland