TACSS Show and Sale Pics

John C · Post by **John C** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:10 pm

Here is some pics from the TACSS show and sale on October 3.

John C · Post by **John C** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:31 pm

Here is just some of the MANY plants at the rare plant auction tables.

A HUGE Echinocactus texensis!

Post by **daiv** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 2:02 pm

Lots of great plants! Cactus clubs are sure great. How else would you see this quality and variety?

MildBill · Post by **MildBill** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 3:01 pm

John,
Great pics and glad to see you there. That was the place to see and buy the really good plants.
Bill

PS The Echinocactus texensis in your last pic was almost 12" diameter. You don't see those many places. It sold for $50.00 in the auction.

John C · Post by **John C** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:31 pm

daiv wrote:Lots of great plants! Cactus clubs are sure great. How else would you see this quality and variety?

I agree.

MildBill wrote:John,
Great pics and glad to see you there. That was the place to see and buy the really good plants.
Bill

PS The Echinocactus texensis in your last pic was almost 12" diameter. You don't see those many places. It sold for $50.00 in the auction.

Thanks! I had fun and learned alot! Yeah, I was amazed at how big it was! I've never seen one so big!

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 12:47 am

Great plants! I love going to shows, always amazing to see what people have accomplished.

Up around Roswell NM there are enormous Echinocactus texensis like barrel cacti. (there's a photo of one in this older post with a lighter for size comparison).

http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtop ... t=texensis

peterb

MildBill · Post by **MildBill** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 4:06 pm

peterb,
Yes, that is a great Echinocactus. However, it's not a texensis but a horizonthalonius. I've never seen one that tall here in Texas.
Bill

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 4:22 pm

hey MildBill,the texensis is the 11th picture down. Yes, some of the horizonthalonius in that area are like small barrels too! But I was most impressed by the texensis, which usually I have seen are about 6-8 inches across and very flat. In this area around Roswell there are some "barrel"-like texensis, really stunning.

peterb

MildBill · Post by **MildBill** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 4:29 pm

Sorry peterb, I didn't go down the pics far enough and just looked at the first one with a lighter next to it. That is indeed the tallest E. texensis I have ever seen.

Lots of nice pics also. Other than the tall E. texensis, we have all of those plants in Texas. As a mater of fact I have them all in my collection. Interesting that the C. vivipera look just like the ones around North Central Texas.
Thanks,
Bill

Saguaro123 · Post by **Saguaro123** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 4:51 pm

Thanks for the sharing the pics with us. You guys must've had a lot of fun.

John C · Post by **John C** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:15 pm

WOW! That's quite a tall E. Texensis!

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