What a Strange and Unusual Plant...

Cactus and Succulent fans in the Pacific Northwest swarm to the CC&SS sale in droves for good reason.  While nurseries in the area are carrying an increasing variety of Cactuses and other succulents,  they're often a bit  expensive and the variety is certainly more limited than what can be found when a group of enthusiasts shares their treasures.  The prices here are also pretty darned affordable.

While it's a fundraiser for the club, these folks love propagating and sharing their enthusiasm with others.
 I arrived a couple of minutes after the event opened and already a third of the plants had been sold.  We're talking some serious shoppers here!


There was one young man who'd come down from Vancouver B.C. to shop.  I forgot to take a picture of his cart but it was full to overflowing.  We chatted later and he showed me a picture of his new 1000 square foot greenhouse.  His first was already full. 



Agave Titanota with several pups for only ten dollars.  One does hate to pass up a bargain.  The pups have already been potted up seperately.

Peter Liekkio of Pete's Pots and Plants has a knack for pairing plants with his pots!   This one came home with me.






















A huge Rat Tail cactus specimen.  Oh to have space.  Later, I saw how they wrapped this for it's new person to take home.  Fascinating.


My haul included a Boophone and the lovely blooming Cyrtanthus montanus.  There's also a little  Agave victoria-reginae 'Porcupine,' a variegated gasteraloe hiding beneath the Billbergia 'Fantasia.'  A couple of swell echeverias and a spotted ledebouria in another of Pete's Pots are in there somewhere as well.