I tried to post a follow up to my above post after Barbara pointed out to me that dixie cups are not plastic. I think the forum wasn't working that day. I meant solo cups but made an oops. When I need new pots I get them from our gesneriad chapter. We buy them in bulk and then offer them to our members at cost. We store them at the meeting building in the arboretum where we are allocated a storage locker. So we can't have too much on hand, but we do have a nice selection of pots. The funny thing is that sometimes the wholesale prices go up but we continue to sell at the price we paid. For the longest time we had three wire pot hangers for a penny a piece. Many of our mad propagators have switched to the 2 1/4" rose pots, which are 3 1/2" deep, but they are much larger than solo cups, so are most useful when you know a plant is going to grow quickly and have a large root ball. I find they are nearly equal to a regular 3 1/2" or 4" pot. But, I always save and reuse the solo cups that my convention sale plants come in. So, Nikki, if the NIGS don't have a program like this see if someone in the club can help you out with pots. I know that some of their members are also mad propagators. I should know, when they hosted the AGGS convention they provided one of the best convention plant sales in many years; and I was an excellent customer of many of their plants. Jon, mad propagator and mad plant sale shopper. PS: When you folks get the new Gloxinian, there is a picture of me fighting over plants with lil' ol' Carol in last July's convention plant sale. I can be ruthless when it comes to paradrymonias (just kidding!).

My husband was in michigan this week and that was one of the flights he thought about taking on thursday night. He flies a lot and it just hit close to home. Clarence is not far from where we live. We are a little more out in the country. Big sigh of relief. When the news came on at 10pm they announced at the end of the broadcast that a plane had crashed by the airport, but they didn't know anything yet. By the time the 11pm news came on, it was not until after the weather that their news crews made it to the neighborhood and they announced it was a commercial plane. WIVB broadcast without commercial break until I went to bed at 2am. When my husband called to say he was alright i was so grateful. (wipes tears and sniffles) Fran, Could i have the blanket flower, please? BTW, DS#3 watered my keyboard once, its still a little iffy. We set it in from of the blower on the woodstove for a week. Just FYI those of you sowing in the keys LOL! Thank all of you for the prayers. Families here are esp. close knit and things like this are difficult for anyone. Praying for your FIL, too Nichol. Fleethart

I love to read quotes by people who love what they do for a living, it truly shows i their work and how they react to it,

Another writer on which I draw a blank. The quotes give a good insight in his way of writing and there are also several other spot on observations. Thanks.