Wow! Wonderful pictures! The orchids are all gorgeous! I also like the Plumeria and the Epiphyllum! And the cacti are all wonderful, too... and the architecture! Wow! All these fabulous shows and plant sales on the west coast... it almost makes me wish I lived in California! Thank you for sharing your wonderful day! I have a small Plumeria "Aztec Gold" that looks similar in size to those in some of your photos... it's a cutting from a dear friend in Florida... it's still young, and probably won't bloom until next year... but it's nice to see what it will look like in bloom, with the flowers sticking up above the leaves! Again, thank you for sharing your day... the pictures are awesome!

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

A few more from the Gates Show in Riverside, CA last weekend.

They sometimes have a nice turnip shaped caudex root if they are grown from seed. When grown from cuttings the roots more likely are multiple but still are interesting.