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Some views of the collection of Astrophytum |
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Astrophytum myriostigma "onzuka" |
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Astrophytum asterias |
Astrophytum coahuilense |
Astrophytum myriostigma "fukuryo" |
Astrophytum myriostigma |
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July 27, 2009
When I have caught my serious "sulcomania" some years ago, Rudi's collection was the first one that I have visited. The first species a little bit uncommon and properly identified in my collection were from Rudi.
Rudi started a collection of cacti more than 30 years ago. We can say without any doubt that he is an experienced collector ! Today, the four greenhouses in the garden offer him the enough space to have several passions !
Astrophytum
He surely has a passion for the genus Astrophytum. It is not a new one but I realised that it is increasing. All those odd forms coming from the Far East are so tempting !
Digitorebutia
Rudi has also a very nice collection of Digitorebutia. It is a genus that I don’t
know very well nevertheless I have noticed some very nice plants. Rudi took immediatly
his knife and gave me some cuttings of all the plants I liked !
There are many plants
of other genera in Rudi's collection. And as it is rather old you can see there
remarkable specimens !
A view of some Digitorebutia
Digitorebutia torquata FR 1117
Digitorebutia sp.
Pachypodium lamerei
Obregonia denegrii
Leuchtenbergia principis
(f. variegata)
JD 330 (middle) and GR 21/3
S. rauschii WR 289
Decor for photos
Rudi has an excellent technique to create a decor to take some photos "habitat-
On the bottom of an old polystyrene box he has stucked some clay from his garden and some small pebbles. He has cut out a square hole just a little bit smaller than 7 X 7 cm and another one a little bit smaller than 9 X 9 cm. The edges of the holes are beveled. When you want to take a photo, just insert the pot with the plant in the hole corresponding to its size : the pot will lie on the beveled edges. This bevelling also helps when you have ta place your fingers to take out the pot.
To complete the decor when the pot is in the hole, some little stones and a some moss from the garden are added all around the plant. They will mask the edges of the hole and the top of the pot.
The 7X7 cm hole
(note the beveled edges)
The pots are in the holes
The decor is ready for the photo
This is the final view of the plant in its decor.
My impressions
It was quite some time already that I had not retured to Rosa and Rudi. So it was a great pleasure for me to visit them this year for they are really endearing and generous persons.
However, I had not lost sight of them : every year they are at the ELK meeting. They have a small table and they sell some of their plants. But I have to admit that their table is surely not a sign of the beauties you will find in their greenhouses !
The collections are still very well kept, even if they both had a lot of health problems in recent years and magnificent plants can be admired. I must also say that I feel some nostalgia in their greenhouses ! Indeed that place drives me back to the beginning of my passion for Sulcos !
Don't hesitate to visit Rosa and Rudi. You will not regret your journey !
