Balboa Park, San Diego
The sale was mobbed with eager buyers. I got an elegant yet earthy Don Hunt pot.
One of my companions nabbed this marvelous Hohenbergii leopoldo horstii. Sweet!
While the sale was an unsettling dose of shopping fever, the show, though small, was lovely. The judges spoke out loud about why they chose the plants they chose as the winners. It was relaxed, informal, and educational.
Haworthia--in full flower but grown a little too hard to be a winner.
The winning Haworthia was perfectly balanced to the size of its container, and beautifully grown--it's supposed to look like this.
The Echeveria agavoides was a runner-up winner because of the unusual arrangement of the leaves--stacked rather than spiraled. The winning Echeveria agavoides 'Lipstick' is in the background to the left.
The seriously awesome Aloe pearsonii:
Sorry, didn't read the label on these:
Mammalaria?
A first-place winner
Sansevieria phillipsi(?)
Chocolately Dyckias
A massively crested Aeonium 'Kiwi' (maybe)
Agave utahensis eborispina, native to parts of our own state as well as Nevada and Utah. An rare and endangered species.
No clue what this is
After that lovely show we walked back to our car and enjoyed the Saturday morning vibe of Balboa park. There were toddlers in tutus emerging from a dance class, a gathering of ex-racing Greyhounds and their loving owners, a very happy wedding party posing for photos...
...watched by Honey The Bulldog, fifty pounds (22 kg) of love.
The sale was mobbed with eager buyers. I got an elegant yet earthy Don Hunt pot.
One of my companions nabbed this marvelous Hohenbergii leopoldo horstii. Sweet!
While the sale was an unsettling dose of shopping fever, the show, though small, was lovely. The judges spoke out loud about why they chose the plants they chose as the winners. It was relaxed, informal, and educational.
Haworthia--in full flower but grown a little too hard to be a winner.
The winning Haworthia was perfectly balanced to the size of its container, and beautifully grown--it's supposed to look like this.
The Echeveria agavoides was a runner-up winner because of the unusual arrangement of the leaves--stacked rather than spiraled. The winning Echeveria agavoides 'Lipstick' is in the background to the left.
The seriously awesome Aloe pearsonii:
Sorry, didn't read the label on these:
Mammalaria?
A first-place winner
Sansevieria phillipsi(?)
Chocolately Dyckias
A massively crested Aeonium 'Kiwi' (maybe)
Agave utahensis eborispina, native to parts of our own state as well as Nevada and Utah. An rare and endangered species.
No clue what this is
After that lovely show we walked back to our car and enjoyed the Saturday morning vibe of Balboa park. There were toddlers in tutus emerging from a dance class, a gathering of ex-racing Greyhounds and their loving owners, a very happy wedding party posing for photos...
...watched by Honey The Bulldog, fifty pounds (22 kg) of love.
That is a lovely Aloe pearsonii, not seen it before and will have to be added to my wish list.
ReplyDeleteIt's at the top of mine.
DeleteAnd sunshine, lots of sunshine...
ReplyDeleteSunshine? Didn't even notice.
DeleteOur cactus and succulent shows are far less impressive, but I am still amazed by the other-worldly forms some of them take. What will you put in your wonderful new pot?
ReplyDeleteI don't know. My car keys? I'd just told my companions I was in the process of putting all my potted plants into the ground for easier maintenance, then I went and bought that pot, prompting some well-deserved teasing.
DeleteBeautiful specimens! I love that Aloe pearsonii, too. A large specimen won Best in Show at last year's Sacramento Cactus & Succulent show.
ReplyDeleteThat plant where you said "No clue what this is," that's a Euphorbia bupleurifolia.
I think there were also jaw-dropping entries of that Aloe at the big Inter-City show, I'll have to look back through my photos.
DeleteThanks for the ID on the Euphorbia!
Beautiful specimens, could you ID the Haworthia winner please? Lovely plant! Thank you
ReplyDeleteSorry, I don't know what won what. Eventually it might be posted on the club website...lots of people and noise--too difficult to track the details of the day!
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