The Connoisseurs Club

ISSUE NO. 1-09

NOW THE LIST !

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PAST OFFERINGS STILL AVAILABLE

070006 Sansevieria t. Morgansterns Future Aurea – Easy grower and first time offering. An unusual silver yellow (more silver) upright, medium height with 1 ½ inch wide leaves. Plants for 4-5 inch pots.

070007 Pachypodium lamerei crest – These are giant, fantastic plants ! Grafted on about 10 inch high stock with many, many overlapping convoluting crests that are 8-12 inches across and high…..show quality, Limited.

070028 Euphorbia milii variegated – Very nice variegation on these new arrivals from Thailand. Now growing in 3 ½ inch pots about 8-9 inches tall and starting to branch.

070031 Aloe distans – Fat Army green leaves with nice golden teeth, 4 ½ inch pot sized.

070058 Ibervillia tenuisecta – A giant caudiciforme. Six to eight inch bodies. Now dormant but will start to grow as soon as a bit of warmth arrives with a quick growing vine.

070059 Pachypodium lealii saundersii compacta – This is a compact growing form that will get a fatter, shorter caudex and branch more closer to the base. The plants now are 6-7 inches tall and already with two branches close to the base.

070066 Lophophora williamsonii – Again clean and unmarked, 1 ¼ inch bodies.  

070074 NEW – NEW – Magnified Tweezers – This is a great tool to have around. Four inch tweezers that are attached to a magnified glass making it easy and safe to extract those nasty thorns after a long day potting up your new arrivals.

070075 Hemostats 15 inch – Stainless steel, excellent quality and great for getting into hard to reach places to pick up plants or weed close to thorny plants.

070076 Hemostats 10 inch – Not so gigantic.

070077 Hemostats 15 and 10 inch – A mated pair ! One of each size.

070078 Ficus palmeri – These are huge plants, now growing in 10 inch pots with a caudex 5 inches plus across and nicely branched, a few left. Very choice.

070093 Sansevieria t. l. “Becky” – This is a new plant cultivar NEVER BEFORE OFFERED. This plant is named after my daughter and shortly will be described in the Sansevieria Journal. It was discovered as a sport and has lovely markings. Offered here are large plants for six inch pots. The picture does not do this plant justice as it is truly a beautiful plant.

070127 Yucca rigida – Eight to ten inch pot sized, 20-24 inches tall with trunk. Winter hardy to the Carolinas.

070129 Agave x leopoldii – This hybrid between two closely related agaves (filifera and schidigera) displays upright narrow, ridged leaves with cascading filifers along the margins. Of a compact nature, the 6 to 12 inch clumps are hardy in zones 9 to 11, or suitable for pot culture. The photo you see is of a mature plant. You will receive a smaller 3 ½ inch pot sized tissue culture plant.

070131 Manfreda 'Macha Mocha' – This bigeneric hybrid between Manfreda variegata and Agave celsii was raised and named by well-known plant explorer Carl Schoenfeld of Yucca Do Nursery. Manfreda 'Macha Mocha' features thick, rubbery green leaves which are covered in red spots when grown in high light exposures. The 3 ft. clump of foliage is topped by 8 ft. flower spikes in late spring. For full sun, well-drained soils. Hardy in Zones 8 and 9. The photo you see is of a mature plant. You will receive a smaller 3 ½ inch pot that is ready for a 6-8 inch pot (very overgrown) or ready for planting outdoors.

NEW OFFERINGS

070135 Haworthia attenuate variegated cream – 3 ½ inch pots with strong variegation …. very attractive.

070136 Haworthia cymbiformis v. planifolia variegated – Highly variegated cream and white 3 ½ inch pots some with almost no green …. nice.

070137 Haworthia cymbiformis variegated – Fat and plump with multiple plants and nice variegation of these six inch pots …. limited.

070138 Crassula pyrmidalis – Tightly stacked leaves on each column. Multiple stems in each pot …. very different. Three inch pots.

070139 Opercularia decaryi – Instant bonsai ! These are 3-4 year old seed grown plants with twisted roots. The branches have been trimmed back. Now in five inch pots.

070142 Peniocereus johnsonii – One of the few caudex forming cactus. These “Queen of the Night” seedlings are about two years old and have a ½ inch caudex or better already formed.

070143 Peniocereus mariana – Same as above …. different species.

070146 Agave colorata – Overgrown 3 ½ inch pots ready for 5-6 inch pots with nice shadow markings on the leaves.

070147 Pachypodium saundersii – Fat five inch tall seedlings (not P. lealii saundersii).

070148 Sansevieria fischeri “Lepoard Bat” – Larger plants for six inch pots 12 inches tall with 2-3 leaves.

070151 Huernia kennediana – This is a very different plant. Now in 3 ½ inch pots. Full pots of small ½ inch round balls…15-20 in each pot.

070152 Euphorbia milii variegated – This is a new cultivar. Almost always in bloom with soft red flowers. Self branching forming a small shrub in no time. Now in four inch pots very well branched.

070153 Aeonium decorum crest – Growing now in 3 ½ inch pots. Nicely crested 3-4 inch fans that are 5-6 inches tall.

070155 Ferocactus herrerae variegated – Nicely cream variegated seedlings 3-3 ½ inch pot size with a 2-3 inch body.

070156 Huernia aspera – Multiple branched 3 ½ inch pots.

070157 Blossfeldia pedicilata – 2 ½ inch pots. Grafted plants with ¾ inch bodies starting to grow for the season already.

070158 Rebutia heliosa – 2 ½ inch pots. Grafted plants with ¾ inch bodies also starting to grow for the season.

070160 Euphorbia pseudocactus – Common but just plain nice plants. 15-18 inches tall and now blooming.

070161 Echeveria “Decora” – A very select white variegated hybrid now in four inch pots. Not often available.

070162 Uebelmannia pectinifera – This plant is always in demand because of its almost black body. These are 2 ½ to 3 inch body size nice clean plants.

 070163 Echeveria “Paul Bunyan” – Choice E. gibbiflorum hybrid with warty growths on the surface of the leaves. These are large plants for 6-8 inch pots.

070164 Echeveria crinkled and rippled leaf hybrids – These are also selected E. gibbiflorum hybrids, many not even named as yet but all very attractive. Plants for 5-6 inch pots. Get more than one …. they will be different !

070165 Ortegocactus macdoughalii – Finally available again after a few years. 1 ½ inch body size apple green plants with dark spines and nice buttercup yellow flowers.

070166 Agave salmiana “Mr. Ripples” – 5-6 inch pot size plants.

070168 Agave potatorum variegated – Four inch plus rosettes growing flat to the soil …. limited availability.

070169 Clivia miniata variegated – These are choice !! Not a cactus or succulent but a prized collectable. Seed grown with high yellow variegation growing now in four inch pots. Photo is of a larger older plant. Orange flowering. Very limited.

070170 Plumeria “Marble Leaf” – Ten inch plus grafted plants rooted and now just starting to grow for the season.

070171 Plumeria “Maya” – Another grafted plant 10 inch plus rooted and now just starting to grow.

070172 New Sansevieria book !!!  Sansevierias: Collection in Thailand – Softbound with 96 pages and about 143 color photographs. The text is in Thai but most of the captions of the photos are in English. A picture book for the Sansevieria collector and variegated plant enthusiast.

070173 New Sansevieria book !!!  Sansevieria – Softbound with 236 pages and over 400 photos. This a book from Indonesia with all text in Indonesian but photo captions in English. Photos of many rare, never seen variegated forms that one just dreams of having in their own collection. A must have book for any Sansevieria collector. Not available elsewhere to my knowledge. Limited copies available.

070174 USED BOOK SET “Handbook of Succulent Plants” three volume set – by Herman Jacobsen 1976 edition. One set only to sell. This is now a collectable. Almost 1,500 pages. Once the bible of all succulent plant collectors.

070175 USED BOOK SET “The Illustrated Reference on Cacti and other Succulents” five volume set – by Edgar and Brian Lamb 1975 edition. Only one set to sell. Again this is now a collectable set. Very informative with almost 1,500 total pages and lots of photos.

Get your orders in fast as a lot of this nice stuff will sell out quickly.

Bob Smoley