Hi everybody. My wife spends quite a while on Facebook, keeping up on family and on her painting interests, so I thought it was about time I joined the forum.
I have always quite liked cacti and I have a plant I bought at least 30 years ago whilst working in Gloucester (now looking extremely unhealthy and only kept for old times' sake!). However, in 1998, we were returning from a trip to Derbyshire and passed Abbey Brook Cactus Nursery. My wife noticed it and suggested we have a look. We bought several plants and I haven't looked back since!
The small greenhouse that I had inherited with the house was soon full and I have obtained two larger ones, which are filling up nicely. I joined the society early on and started attending the Nottingham brach meetings. However there is a constant conflict with one of my other interests which is choral singing and I no longer attend meetings.
My main interest is in North American cacti, especially the smaller Mexican plants. At present I am battling to grow some Sclerocacti ("They're coming to take me away, ha, ha") and I have several Ariocarpi, Stenocacti, Astrophyta, Ecinocerei and Turbinicarpi (I'm not sureabout those Latin plurals) as well as a bench-ful of Mammillarias. I also like Conophytums (another wifely influence) and will grow anything else that takes my fancy.
I am hoping that the forum will help to while away the winter hours and give me added enthusiasm for the spring.
Whilst my wife is on Facebook!
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briansugden
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Whilst my wife is on Facebook!
Brian Sugden
Nottingham
Interested mainly in N American cacti & Conophytum
Nottingham
Interested mainly in N American cacti & Conophytum
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Tony R
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Re: Whilst my wife is on Facebook!
A very warm welcome, Brian!
Tony Roberts
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(Gasteria, Mammillaria, small Opuntia, Cleistocactus and Sempervivum are my current special interests)
Treasurer, Haworthia Society
Chairman, Tephrocactus Study Group
Moderator, BCSS Forum
Kent
(Gasteria, Mammillaria, small Opuntia, Cleistocactus and Sempervivum are my current special interests)
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Morgans Beauty
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Diane
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Re: Whilst my wife is on Facebook!
to the forum, Brian! I'm sure you'll find plenty to keep you occupied here during the winter, sounds as if you are a "hard core" collector now!Diane - member of Kingston branch
Growing cacti - balm to the soul!
Growing cacti - balm to the soul!
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anders
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Re: Whilst my wife is on Facebook!
You don't need to worry, AFAIK the plural form of a genus are the same as the singular. Welcome!briansugden wrote:I'm not sureabout those Latin plurals
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sue46
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Re: Whilst my wife is on Facebook!
Hi Brian, welcome to the Forum. Much better being on here then on Facebook!! Much more interesting (I know I only spend about a minute on FB then come off. If I start browsing cacti for sale on a well known auction site - well that can take a long time 