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08/09/2026

I was a little bummed that this cactus didn’t earn a ribbon at the Intercity show. I learned later in the day that they ran out of ribbons. This was first place in novice category for its species. ❤️🎉🍾🎊

08/09/2026

This was my first year showing plants at the Intercity show. Thanks to the show organizers for bringing together an absolutely amazing community of growers and plant lovers. I brought 20 plants. Some of my plants were awarded ribbons. If you consider the level of competition, I’m very grateful for this level of recognition. Thanks to all the growers who shared knowledge so that my plants would thrive.

08/04/2026

08/02/2026

Tylecodon schafaerianus cv superba in bloom. I see a second flower coming, maybe for next weekend? sourced from the cool dude with tiny rare plants solomon_square Vessel by Kurt Oviedo

08/01/2026

How many ways can a Palmstreet seller be professional?! 🤔 Collector/Lifestyle makes the most detailed vessels to grow special cacti and succulents. Each one is a work of art worthy of museum display. Of course such excellence should be shipped in a manner that will protect the precious contents. I was hoping to make use of these for the Intercity Show next weekend. I hope to be there baring disaster. I’ve been doing some serious meditation on which plants might be show worthy and able to travel without damaging the plants. Thanks to Joshua I now have a perfect box with padding to transport there and back again as they say in Middle Earth.

07/30/2026

Monkey tail cactus has done its absolute best to steal the show all season, but humble Pyrenacantha malvifolia isn’t having it! Some plants exhibit guttation. When the day is warm stoma are closed and the plant is able to exude excess water through pores at the end of the leaf. This is at 4 in the afternoon. It’s not dew. But it is beautiful and yet another reminder of the excellent engineering from Mother Nature ❤️

07/25/2026

Peak summer is here. Astrophytums are blooming regularly, including this A. ornatum. It gets a little shade from my bald cypress bonsai. Swamp plants and cacti both love sun. Copiapoa barquensis in the foreground.

07/24/2026

Cleistocactus hyalacanthus has really pretty flowers.

07/19/2026

How do astrophytum cacti synchronize blossoms?! They must have some crazy sense of smell. The variegated astrophytum lived in a separate cabinet and still hit the bloom date with all the others!

07/18/2026

Tylecodon schaeferianus Waking up.