I've asked OOA about this and did not get very far. But if you notice, they label their seed-grown plants and those from offsets or cuttings. Everything else without this label, I think it's fair to assume to be field-collected (hence my guilt, I did not know any better at the time). Have you checked out Arid Lands? Their stock are almost exclusively propagated in their nursery from cuttings or seeds and they label it thus. When you get plants, you can tell, too that they are nursery-grown. If you want to branch out to my current obsession, adromischus, check out C&D plants. Oh it goes on and on.

P

Yes I paid close attention to the labels this time. Something I might not have been aware of say 3 years ago, so thanks to you and everyone here that has made me more aware and conscientious about the plants that I purchase. Everything I bought was specifically labeled as Seed Grown. Will have a looksie over at Arid Lands. I found another honey hole this week and have already spent my quota. LOLOLOL Miles2go.com -- just bought two A. socotranum from him with free shipping! Doing my happy dance.

Has anyone noticed that it is getting dark at 7:30 already?

Oh yeah I forgot about miles2go lol AridLands is much much worse than OOA in terms of resisting accumulation since their stuff are nursery grown, inexpensive and very young. For plants I don't want to bother growing from seed (I typically want only one of one kind), I prefer seedlings that I can then rear to maturity.

I noticed the sundown. I work on my pond at around 6 pm and only have an hour now to work with!

OMG Pagan, I shouldn't have looked. Now I will drive myself crazy until I come back to Arid Lands and buy a Adenium somalense sp. nova seedling. The selection of Adenium species is untouchable. I should have waited to look.

I'm off to manhandle the masses today. Plant wrangling time.

Thanks Tracy, that works both ways .

I'm complaining at 2030 sundown, guess I'm not that bad off.

Tracy, lovely collection! And sorry for your Euphorbia loss. I drowned all of my seedlings (grown from seeds last year) and a larger one, flowering size. They really cannot be pushed the way adeniums can. :-/

A word of advice: Use something else than bamboo sticks. I once used bamboo sticks in my adenium containers to train the roots. After some weeks, the sticks started to rot below the soil line...

Conny, nice dioscoreas! Btw, the correct name is Dioscorea sylvatica (not salvatica) meaning "things pertaining to forests". :-)

Thanks for the correction Martin, it explains my constant fight with the spelling correction :-)

Thanks Martin, these bamboo sticks should be fine since the media isn't staying wet. I am applying rooting hormone in tiny bits once a week or so and hope to make some really nice specimen once rooted. I got a photo of the mother plant of my cuttings from the grower, it just amazes me!

OMG!!!!!!

Do not mean to butt in here. I use the Plastic chop sticks or the green plastic stakes they use for Orchids.

Rick

Thanks Rick! Will look for those and ditch the bamboo sticks.

Excellent job with the euphorbia! I did not get to that stage where they grew leaves. I bet if I left them when we moved, they'd still be alive lol

Those new plants look freaky. How do you even manage such things (i.e. shape the canopy, control branching, etc).

I also think your bamboo stakes will be fine. If they melt, that means you're watering too much, which I know you won't do with a rooting euphorbia.

I got me a second batch of pachypodium seeds.

Pagan

Thanks Pagan, let's see if I can keep them alive. Since only 2 sprouted in thinking of throwing some more seeds into the pot with them so I am not wasting any tent space.
Glad you are giving Pachy seeds another go. I have 2 P. Brevicaule sprouted! About 9 P. Horombense, nothing out of the P. Eburneum just yet.
My Dorset Horns should look freaky, they are mutants after all! Will keep you posted on their curly Q cuteness.
Welcoming a new addition Big Lug to my Adenium family. Get a load of this guy. Oh and this Adenium is definitely male just check out those gams.

Wow Tracey!! This one is a masterpiece!! Beautiful..must have cost you a bomb in shipping!! But surely worth the price...!! Enjoy!!

Didn't check this thread for a few days and here you have it: more beautiful additions, congratulations Tracy!

I'm drooling over that medusa hybrid DH, as well as that big guy above. And, I'm very much looking forward seeing regular update pictures of those EO's: they're too cute!!! (And yes, I'm a wee bit jealous)

You mean like an intervention, Trace? Really, would you trust us with that sort of thing? lol

P

On the up-side, mosquitoes will start to die now. I'm beginning to sweat, sneeze and exhale deet (not really a bad thing).

That sucks, though---it was a nice E. obesa specimen. What do you think happened? These are xerophytes and can not be watered the way we water adeniums in summer. Also, most leafless euphorbias are part-shade plants, this one included. In non-greenhouse terms, that means sun until noon only, if you want them to be more green and less brown. They etiolate with too much shade though, as you know.

That monster looks cool--it has silvery bits like an Alpha male mountain gorilla.

Pagan

Great collection Tracy! Do you have any minis? I've seen somewhere here that you planted seeds, how are they doing?

I have bought from Arid Lands and was very happy. I am certain they are grown plants, as they were all small seedlings in 4" pots. Hope to keep them alive long enough to look like the giant specimens you see sometimes on google image searches. Conny's Pachy bispinosum is amazing. I am jealous and hope mine gets like that someday!

I'd kill for a set of those hopeful monsters.....

Thanks Daniel! I was told it takes quite a number of years for the P Bispinosum to grow to that size... by the guy who sold it to me. Judging by your comment he told the truth :-)

Tracy,

i can see your a succulent fan, do you own a dorstenia? These alien looking guys shoot seeds around your garden.

Ryan, What kind of Dorstenia is this?

Spacecoast,

it's a dorstenia mait escarpment Sp LA10321

Wow.. that's a long name.. I just ordered a Crispa..

Ryan I haven't ventured into Dorstenia. I'm afraid to expand! Already Euphorbias are popping up all over my house and there are over 2000 species! I'm doomed. With limited space I don't plan on adding another genus although I do admire my friends' Dorstenia.

Tracy

Is basically a crispa just from another location. Crispa's are found in Kenya and mait escarpment are found on top of Mait Escarpment, North of Erigavo, in Somalia. I have noticed a lot of succulents are named after their location...

Planted Nang Pra Ya x Wang Somboon Soco hybrid yesterday.

Tracy

what a lovely specimen!!

Still "extending your season" or just replanting? ;)

Jedoba this one would fall under "denial of season ending". I actually got it for a customer. Then they saw another of my Thais that they wanted even more. So after a little flip flopping I ended up with an extra large high end plant. I am not one to allow these to sit around and desiccate. It must be planted within 2 weeks or it threatens the plant. So I am keeping this lovely cozy until the right buyer comes along.

Tracy

Hi Tracy, how's your mini-sidling are doing? Can't wait to see them! :)

Hi Elena, I have two full size minis growing in the tent looking pretty nice. Out of the brand new babies sprouted several weeks ago one of them is turning out with the curly leaf mutation already. The white ones I had very low germination on, only 3 out of 10 came up. They are natural runts so will require close nursing to get to any decent size.

Tracy

Hm, so you experienced the same as me Tracy, low germination on the minis. I wonder why that is.

Wow, congratulations!!!

I'm starting to see $ signs now with 600 seedlings ;-) OK, unrealistic, but as we say: a girl can dream!

Ayayay. It's so far down! Some of us start from the front page, yo. This thread is too long, I keep missing things!

That is a fantastic KHZ! I'm jealous as <insert expletive here that you know I use a lot in private>! It definitely has to be its own thread. That may also be old enough to colonize a presentation pot so it doesn't look like it's just been repotted for presentation come next exhibit. And it can be shaped with the permanent pot in mind. I want!

Pagan