Susan,
Thanks again for sharing all the wonderful plants you saw at the show!! Excellent pics and I fear if I were there I'd have multiple Festering wounds from the plants...Cacti seem to like me and attack from all angles on my limbs...
Mostly my fingers though

I want that collage of cacti & succulents photo really bad

I'm thinking of making one of those frames for the Sedums and do Cacti in it. What do you think?? will it work?
I'll wrap a paper around mine totransplant, I get stuck too KIN.

You should have seen me bringing this thing home from Fl. It was a piece cut off from my FIL's much larger plant. I wrapped it in an old towel, newspaper and a piece of bubble wrap to get it home and left the towel on and used my Rose Gloves and still needed an extra hand to get it planted.

Great pictures! Will start looking at some of my junk with a new perspective. Did you see if holes had been drilled in the bottom of the cups?

You all are so brave. I just can't get myself interested in cactus. I love looking at them though.
Holly that is a very interesting one, do you know the name?
Charleen, knowing you, you will find a way to make it work.
Kin and I send you a box of band aids?

I saw you had your ssucculents in a frame divided and Iwant t o do on. this will be in the house for my cacti.
Lynn, I love them. Kin , you did wonderful, but I loved them all.....

Years ago most of my few house plants were cactus. Over time I got rid of them all got tired of cleaning around them and injuries I received. I still just love them and recently I have picked up few cacti not sure how many I will have eventually. I think maybe when the GH gets built and most of my tropicals get moved I might have a bit more space for a nice Cacti Garden. Some of my bromeliads are quite sharp as well. I have been told that the common name is Monstruosed Hedge Cactus here is a pic of the whole plant in my FIL's yard. The piece I brought home was a drooping arm that I just lopped off.

Wow..what a beautiful specimen!
I had to laugh how careful you were with the cutting, Holly.
Lynn!

Nice photos, Susan---thanks for sharing!

Reminds me that the Monterey Bay C&S fall hoo-hah should be coming up soon.....I'll have to check into that!

Wow, Holly that really is an impressive specimen. I love it (from afar).

Mark your calendars for the following US 2010 C&S Show and Sales
Aug 14-15
Kansas City Cactus & Succulent Annual Show & Sale, Loose Park Garden Center, 52nd & Wornall Rd., Kansas City, MO.

Aug 14-15
25th Annual Intercity Show & Sale. L.A. County Arboretum, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, CA. For information call: Tom Glavich - 626-798-2430 or Barbara Hall - 818-368-691.

Aug 20-22
Mid-Iowa Cactus & Succulent Society Show & Sale. Merle Hay Mall. Des Moines, IA.

Sept 4
Huntington Symposium. Huntington Botanical Gardens. Address above.

Sept 5
CSSA Board Meeting, Huntington Botanical Gardens. Address above.

Sept 10-12
North Texas Cactus and Succulent Society Sale, Market Center - 2100 Stemmons Fwy, Dallas, TX. For contact info Dennis Barclay,

Sept 17-19
Fort Worth Cactus and Succulent Society Show and Sale, Ft. Worth Botanical Gardens - 3220 Botanic Garden Blvd. Ft. Worth , TX. For contact info Dennis Barclay, Turn on JavaScript!

Sept 26
Long Beach Cactus Club Annual Plant Auction. 12 noon. Rancho Dominguez Adobe, 18127 S. Alameda St., Rancho Dominguez, CA.

Nov/Dec
CSSA Field Trip. Oaxaca, Jalisco, Mexico. See article in November/December 2009 TTP

Nov 6-7
San Gabriel Valley Cactus & Succulent Society Show & Sale. L.A. County Arboretum. Address above.

Dec 4-5
Orange County Cactus & Succulent Society Show & Sale. Fullerton Arboretum. Address above. For information call: 714-870-4887.

Honey, I'd need a bankroll with all those shows. I love odd looking cacti semps, sedums all those great plants.

Thanks for posting. There are two in my area.

I really enjoy looking at all the pics. Thanks for sharing!
My brain starts wondering what I have stashed away that I could make into a planter.

Oh boy, another convert.
Yard Sales and Estate Sales are awesome places to find unusual items to plant in.

Good grief, how did I miss this thread???
Mike

Are you drooling all over your keyboard???

We all have very messy, drooley keyboards. Welcome.

I just cleaned mine in preparation for all the new photos to come from all of you this fall and winter.
It was a mess after traveling through Calf_Sue's travels and not this one. And don't forget the tour Kin took us on to some local nurseries.

2011 Henry Shaw Cactus and Succulent Show