Just a quick post... it's a sad day. Farrah Fawcett died today, then this afternoon, Michael Jackson died. Both were significant people from my early adult years. It's so sad... I loved Charlie's Angels and watched it faithfully. And even though Michael was weird, I was kind of a "closet fan." He had such talent, really. It's a sad day in this world...

Mid-June brings more flowers, more growth. We started out this spring about 3" short on rainfall, and in the last couple of weeks, we've managed to catch up, so the stuff outside is looking pretty spectacular, too. I've put together four flats of little plants to sell at the show and sale, but I'm having a hard time figuring out what to charge for them. It needs to be enough so that it doesn't grossly undercut our vendors, but not so much that I end up hauling them all back home. What to do... Maybe I'll try to get some advice from Kathy on that...

A few photos... I got this new plant at Lowes last week. It's another Rhipsalis, it said capilliformis on the tag, but according to Harry Witmore, it's more likely either burchellii or campos portoana - the fruit will tell me which (yeah, like THAT will ever happen!) Anyway, it's thread-like segments make it look very delicate.

I took a photo of the Oxalis that Lavonn sent to me last fall. I just love it! I've found that if I don't let it get too dry, it seems to do well. I hope it produces more corms (or whatever those root-things are...) so I can shar it. Here it is in all it's brilliance:

I haven't grown Oxalis is many, many years, so I'll have to do a bit of research to job my memory on the best way to grow them. Lavonn and I will be trading some more succulent bulbs here soon. She's got a few interesting ones! I split up my Drimiopsis bulbs - had way too many pots of them and need to get rid of some. (That's what a lot of my sale plants are...) All the little pots are starting to look good. If I can put some in the show, I think they'll sell well. Here's the little pot of D. botryoides that I'm keeping (at right). It has such nice

markings and it growing so nice and compact. I'll have to find a nice pot to put it in if I want to show it. It needs something that will compliment the pattern, but I'm not quite sure what will work. I don't have that good an "eye" for that kind of thing... Today, I'm going to Petco or Pet Smart to look for some rock for top-dressing...

Well, that's it for now. Need to get moving...