And here are some pictures from the show... none of these were for sale :-(

So glad I actually have one of these! (the gasteria one below)

Sorry for the bad lighting on some of these - the bright sunny windows meant they were all backlit - but still GORGEOUS!

Oooh! Very cool. What's the taller plant to the right in the Lithops photo?

And these are my new acquisitions! Winston said I could only get 3, but they were all so small he let me get more. All 5 for only $21. Does anyone have any of these? Any special care tips I should know about?

This one has been repotted already. I love it in this yellow pot!

This little one is in a 2" pot. It is a Rabiea difformis - in the living stone family.

Mammillaria bocasana monstrosa, often known as Fred or Chester

I think I will call him Chester :-)

Aloe nyb "Pink Blush"

Dorstenia foetida var. - this one is in the fig family.

Renee, I think that might be in the pachyphytum family, but I am not sure. Maybe someone else can chime in with an ID. I didn't pay too much attention to the IDs, not enough to remember!

Thank you for posting these pics. My sister mentioned going to the botanical gardens--maybe I'll take her up on the offer next time I'm "home."

Those plants are a real bargain--good for you!

FYI - more pictures are posted in my "Ideabooks" including pics of their beautiful bonsais!

One of the two vendors....lol.

Much more difficult to grow those plants in Chicago than here. Some great growing going on there! Thanks for sharing the photos.

yes hoovb - 2! Really though, there was one who actually had an array of items, then the other just had his items spread out. It may have been two other vendors, I really wasn't sure. They had some cool items though.

The plants are nice and all, but I want that T-shirt. Really, much more so than the beautiful, many-trunked and flowering Pachypodium that he's admiring.

lol @cactusmcharris! That is one of his favorite t-shirts, and he is always getting compliments on it! He got it at Target a few months ago. Maybe you can still find it? Maybe online?

And that was the first plant I ever heard him say "I really like this one" about. He responds positively when I show him plants, but this was so independent, I got a little excited that maybe I could bring him over to the dark side. :-)

Love them! I was there too! I loved the arid room!

Hey, we are having the yearly show/sale this weekend. I will be selling a couple hundred plants, so perhaps there might be more variety than last year?

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Lovely plants and photos, Deva!

Renee, the plants to the right of the lithops look like babytoes - Fenestraria species in the centre (the cylindrical ones) and the bigger ones on the outside are a species of Pachyphytum. Not sure which

Thanks for sharing!

Rabiea difformis are pretty opportunistic growers and mine is watered year round. It enjoys cool weather and grows faster under those conditions. Lots of light outdoors in the summer and inside for the winter too. My favourite aspect is probably the little window spots all over the leaves.

Can anyone tell me what the tree with the white flowers is in the background of the picture with the man making the pose in?