exactly! (that is what the situation at last nights party was...everyone else showing child photos and I though "well I have these semp photos on my phone!"

excellent! Boy am I glad we're all like minded here! I feel right at home

Pia said "I am...24 and ..."
Bev says: "Ah, to be 24...or 36...or even 49 again...{sigh!}"

Pia, I know isn't it funny how semp people are sortof crazy!! I was reading several bios from different hybridizers, like Ed Skroki and a british guy (can't think of his name at the moment) anyway, they weren't even hybridizers until coming across semps and loving them so much that they totally went overboard - and becoming famous as they kept introducing new semps!!
Bev - I was thinking the exact same thing! (49 wasn't that long ago but the wheel is turning quicker now!!)

You all are cracking me up this evening.

Next time pull those photos out Greg.

Pia, you keep right on being who you are, some one very special to all of us here.

Bev, or even 60's. But I have no desire to go back. Forward has been such an adventure.

...I have a long time till I reach 60! Hopefully I will have my own garden by then

I'm cheering you on Pia.

I've shared a photo of this one before but I do love it, it has lots of leaves so looks very full yet also flat and wide open...and now I found a baby! I thought the thing in the photo which looks like a stick, was a root or something, almost uprooted parent plant and then realized its a stolon! How exciting...Lynn I think my plants all have a rich yellowish, golden color due to my somewhat damp soil - so its not all bad, since I love the colors!

The most spectacular colors come from semps that have been somewhat stress. It's a balancing act for sure.
I don't fertilize at all, as it diminished the brilliant color of semps.

That one does have a very pleasant shape to it Greg.

I'm with Lynn - no fertilizer for my semps either.

Not only a lovely shape to it Greg, but just look at that fat little stolon. The hen is making sure nothing happens to the chick.

Lynn and Chris - and I think that other one nearby may be connected, I didn't want to dig too much since they all seem happy, but the two little ones have the same shape and coloration! 6 weeks ago when I took photos of this plant the green was all one color and I really didn't see babies, and now this new color in the middle, its pretty!

I am already starting to see some changes in my semps, color wise. As soon as the warmer weather arrives they start opening up and putting on a real color show.

can't wait!! This is me second year with many of my demos, last year I just didnt pay that close attention

PiaLouiseSourvi said: Imagine how I feel guys, I am only 24, my friends have no idea about any plants! I often dull them with my Semp talks :D

I know how you feel! I'm 22 and I have been getting some crazy weird looks from friends, family, and classmates when I talk about how excited I am that my new plants are coming in or my 'propagation tray" is beginning to show a lot of roots, or ask if they want to see a picture! It seems no one around me is nearly as amazed as I am at the life cycles and varieties of succulents...

If they only knew..... You're the lucky one!

Serse...beware!! Its starting Pets and plants

I know, greg! Especially this week as I've been waiting anxiously for my SMG order and showing off pics of what is coming...I can't tell you how many times I've been asked in the past few days, "oh, are you a plant person??"

why, yes i am!

I am well on my way to being a cat lady and Semp mumma

My introduction to succulents occured when I moved ino a new duplex and one of the neighbors asked if I cared see his succulent collection. This was in 1982 when nobody seemed to be into succulents and Serse wasn't yet born...I was hesitant at the neighbor's invitation, thinking that he was feeding me a line, but I was pleasantly surprised at this small but interesting collection. That was how I was introduced to succulents. The neighbor, Dennis, later asked if I wanted to go with him to a at-home succulent collector/retailer in Cupertino (yes, home to Apple headquarters) and that was the first succulent grower/seller I ever bought from. Now in the millenium, succulents are off the freeway in Home Depots and succulents are much more available. I remember having to look up in the specific phone books of cities I would be visiting to see if there were any nurseries that sold cactus. . Back then the operative word was "Cactus", not "succulents".
Remember, all cacti are succulents; not all succulents are cacti. (If I am wrong on this, please do not type so in this forum...)