Glad all you folks are enjoying the pix!- Sorry I wasn't back sooner, but I was waiting for e-mail notification & hadn't gotten any. THEN I figured out it was because I had to use a different EM addy because this site said my other was being used. Yes, by ME! So I forget to check the other that I hardly use. Oops! Thanks for naming those 2 plants, Jordi! Did you guys see Jordi in the pix? I have put names on the other ones asked about -I am guessing on the one -I thought was a Euphorbia (click again to see). I should've snapped all the name tags too! Good idea you guys had on limiting your money! :D Yay on the bud, CI! Glad you're back, Kathi!

Hello, My name is Hijole and I'm a cacti and succulent addict, my succulent of choice is Echeverias but I will stop to look at any type of species. I thought when I saw this "Succulents Anonymous" thread THATS it!!! I'm an addict and my habbit is way... out of control. It is to the point that I'm out of space to collect more or propagate but still find myself on a hunt for the next batch of cuttings, purchases and yes sometimes I pinch a piece off here and there. Sometimes I even come home with new ones and have to hide them so that no one notices what I came home with. I realize this addiction has taken a hold of my life especially when every pay check I ALWAYS seem to find a reason to pick up another Succlent or two or three... What is it with these plants that would make a man go out of his way to buy a plant, or spend his entire day off planting and repotting his collection of succulents. At first I wrote it off saying, I could quit anytime I wanted to but the truth was obvious, I'm hooked. And this thing is in my blood, I found some pictures of when I was little and my Mother used to have quite a collection herself until my father practically had most of them removed from her garden. "Thats right!!! Cold turkey". fortunately for me my wife is very supportive and is standing next to me durring this moment of my life. In the past she would tell me that I was obsessed with my yard which of course I denied until one day the City where I Live awarded me an award for beautifying the city of Corona, ca. That was it, BUSTED!!! My wife sat me down and said, you see hijole No one wins an award like that unless there obsessed with their yard. I was still in denial and shook it off but soon there after I found myself thinking about where I would get my next fix, and I started looking for organizations that were having meetings for cacti and succulent shows in my area where I eventually found a collection I never saw before, I thought WOW!!! a whole new world of differents types of succulents Aloes and OMG no more room to put them what am I doing here! This was completely out of control... Well here I am and I'm still collecting thank God my wife is still next to me and actually helping me and it was while reading this site that I finally realized, They're discribing me here. I'm hook, I'm an adict, So where are you guys holding meetings if any and will there be succulents on site to view ( just to look at ) Lol this is funny but it's a confession of a true addict who loves succulents and can't stop buying these plants no matter if I have room for them or not I'll find somewhere for them. Hijole

Hi, Terrance! Where do you usually go to see the cacti/succulents in a nursery? I know a guy who used to grow tons of rare varieties. His son owns a commercial greenhouse now called Calvert's, off of NW Expressway on Classen (just North of NW Expy.). I'm thinking he may have retained some of his dad's collection. If you're interested, I'd check him out. Susan

Thanks for the pictures! It's fascinating to see what's available at other places in the country. Most of us can only dream...