I was there, were you? Got there about 2:30 and (sigh) spent $24 instead of the under-$20 which I'd promised myself. But at $6 a plant, I couldn't very well cut that 4th one in quarters, now could I? lol I got these: Emerald Love Golden Fountain Traces of Love Leprechaun's Frolic and my mom got these: Arapahoe and two other red ones I already forgot the names of... Fun fun fun till the wallet takes the money away... Amanda 'romando'

Where's the Advil!! Spent the the day talkin' caudiciforms, everyone(members and visitors) wanted to know more. Haven't so much fun talking about plants in a long time. The club even wants to schedule a field trip to my caudex field ;o) The 1st group of photos are of my plants Calibanus hookerii, 18in diameter pot, 90lbs Fockea edulis, 13in diameter pot Petopentia natalensis, 9in diameter pot Othonna triplinervia, 10in pot Tylecodon wallichii, 12in pot Tylecodon paniculata, 9in pot Tylecodon reticulata 5in pot Euphorbia hediotoides, 3in pot Euphorbia beharensis v. guillemettii, 4in pot Euphorbia trichadenia, 5in pot Aloe plicatilis, 12in pot Pachypodium horombense, 5in pot Pachypodium densiflorum, 12in pot Kedrostis africana, 5in pot Pelargonium carnosum, 10in pot Pelargonium rapacium, 7in pot Cyphostemma juttae, 18in pot, 125lbs at least Pelargonium triste, 3in pot Avonia ustulata, 2in pot Ipomoea holubii, 4in pot Ipomoea bolusiana, 7in pot Ipomoea arborescence (left), 8in pot Mirabilis jalapa, 12in pot Sinningia leuchotricha, 5in pot Plectranthus ernestii, 4in pot From left to right-Operculicarya unknown species, O. hyphaenoides, O. pachypus, Fouquieria fasciculata, Commiphora humbertii, F.purpusii and Pachycormus discolor Unfortunately this was not a judged show, the public voted. After the vote the chairperson turns the tag over the owners name shows. I kept hearing "who's Keith?" Where's Keith?" Everyone wanted to meet the guy with the biggest, ugliest plants entered. The succulent division was at least half my plants. ...and I made about 2/3 of the pots.

First of all, don't indulge the futility of getting obsessive-compulsive about trying to track down an esoteric style of container a plant originally came in. There are literally thousands of plastic container molds in the wholesale market and very few are available for retail sale in small quantities. Many come from Canada or overseas suppliers. They are generally used as temporary pots that will be discarded as the plants are potted on. You will, however, be able to find something locally that meets your needs I have found that plastic mesh pots work well for paphiopedilums planted in sphagnum. Terracotta is good, too -- I particularly like the rimless ones from Italy. It's too bad it is getting more difficult to find the paper pulp pots in smaller sizes these days, as they breathed well and made good containers for terrestrial orchids. Since most orchids are epiphytes, pots marketed toward orchid growers are rarely taller than they are wide (epiphyte roots have no strong geotropic tendency to grow down). You might want to look at liner pots and even some of the tree seedling products if you want a deeper pot. But if you only have a few orchids to repot, I would just get some terracotta pots locally. Here is a link to Tindara's, which sells some of the clear plastic air-cone style pots. Here is a link that might be useful: Clear plastic orchid pots from Tindara's

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