Recruiting new BCSS members from Reddit

[edds]

Thanks for sorting all that out - certainly made it easier for me. Think it could be a really good platform for showing pictures of our plants and allowing comments on them easily. As well as hopefully attracting some new members.

Colin, or any other BCSS officers, do you have some promotional material about joining that could be posted up there too? And maybe a banner image to add to the page so it looks like this one?

[HaoBao]

I just pinched some of the banner and the logo so the attached is what it looks like on my mobile.

The banner on the desktop version is really very narrow 4000px x 128px so there isn’t really a way to match the layout to this website.

[MatDz]

https://www.society.bcss.org.uk/templat ... 5_logo.png is 1100 X 400 px, but someone has to have the template.

[edds]

It looks much better with that - a bit more official looking! Works well on my mobile. Good job.

Now we just need some stuff about how to join and the benefits of joining to post up there!

[Colin Walker]

But you know, Planet Colin where an Aloe is an Aloe and not an Echeveria ... is fine in my world

I used to like the planet where an Aloe was an Aloe and not a Gonialoe/ Aloidendron/ Kumara/ Aloiampelos/ Aloestrela ...

But these name changes are based on good science. Times move on Mike and you need to keep up to date rather than stay way behind the curve.

[Colin Walker]

Thanks for sorting all that out - certainly made it easier for me. Think it could be a really good platform for showing pictures of our plants and allowing comments on them easily. As well as hopefully attracting some new members.

Colin, or any other BCSS officers, do you have some promotional material about joining that could be posted up there too? And maybe a banner image to add to the page so it looks like this one?

I'm merely El Presidente and have nowt to do with the running of the BCSS apart from the Research Committee, so members of the BoT not me need to respond to your requests. Sorry I can't help personally.

[Colin Walker]

I just pinched some of the banner and the logo so the attached is what it looks like on my mobile.

The banner on the desktop version is really very narrow 4000px x 128px so there isn’t really a way to match the layout to this website.

Good to see that a Crassula is still a Crassula so well done.

BTW does anyone know the origin of the cv. name 'Estagnol'' since this is new to me?

[edds]

BTW does anyone know the origin of the cv. name 'Estagnol'' since this is new to me?

https://www.crassulaceae.ch/de/artikel? ... E&aID=2257

From the name of a French nursery. A pyramidalis hybrid. Nice little hybrid, especially with the spiralling nature of the growth. Hoping to grow this to a large specimen so will be taking some cuttings to encourage branching in the spring (can put your name on one of you like?)

[Colin Walker]

BTW does anyone know the origin of the cv. name 'Estagnol'' since this is new to me?

https://www.crassulaceae.ch/de/artikel? ... E&aID=2257

From the name of a French nursery. A pyramidalis hybrid. Nice little hybrid, especially with the spiralling nature of the growth. Hoping to grow this to a large specimen so will be taking some cuttings to encourage branching in the spring (can put your name on one of you like?)

Yes please Ed. I'm sure I can find some cuttings of interest in exchange, although my Crassula collection is relatively small compared to agaves, aloes and sansevierias.

[edds]

BTW does anyone know the origin of the cv. name 'Estagnol'' since this is new to me?

https://www.crassulaceae.ch/de/artikel? ... E&aID=2257

From the name of a French nursery. A pyramidalis hybrid. Nice little hybrid, especially with the spiralling nature of the growth. Hoping to grow this to a large specimen so will be taking some cuttings to encourage branching in the spring (can put your name on one of you like?)

Yes please Ed. I'm sure I can find some cuttings of interest in exchange, although my Crassula collection is relatively small compared to agaves, aloes and sansevierias.

No problem at all - your name is put by the plant in my database too.