So the current situation is that we can exhibit these plants at BCSS Shows and it's OK for me to judge them, it's OK to sell these plants at BCSS events (no I don't have any to sell) and OK to buy these plants that are freely available at BCSS events but not to take their photos and show them here. ...

Eulychnia Saint-Pieana - very slow growing but nice.
Stuart

I think the National only works because of the time interval, people hire vans to bring show specimens, that wouldn't happen if it was held every year and the attendance figures would probably drop. The four year interval seems to make it a more special event. I still think the society could have sp...

Did I spot something hiding amongst the Agaves, looked a bit like a Pelecyphora, the one with the ring of big purple flowers, look forward to seeing it in flower! Yes. It's becoming quite hard to find any new variegated Agaves, the only nursery that could clone variegated Agaves stopped a couple of ...

As I mentioned earlier, if Mexico has never issued permits for Echinocactus Grusonii then how is anyone to know which plants can be legally grown. John E certainly didn't deserve the bucketload of **** poured on him for sharing a photo of a pretty plant on this site. Maybe we should all stop growing...

Not sure what the penalty is for showing a picture of a pretty plant in flower but gonad chewing does seem a little severe, looks like I might have to quickly delete some photos on my 'What's New' talk in case anyone in the audience has sharp teeth.
Stuart

Most of the plants we grow have been artificially propagated from plants that, a few generations down the line, have been collected or their seed has been collected from habitat. I can't see the relevance of the 1997 date, Mexico has never issued a permit to export Echinocactus Grusonii but we all g...

Just a thought but, Liz, if you've taken photos of all the classes that are as good as the ones you've shown here, maybe a CD/DVD of The National could still be possible?? A slideshow on Youtube could also be a possibility?
Stuart

See if you can spot yourself in this one! Stuart

The 'chap in the yellow t-shirt' is Rudy from Czech Republic - one of the best - don't miss him at ELK, worth going just for his plants and enthusiasm.
Stuart