Beautiful plants. Which club are you presenting at?

Bri.

Hey, Keith!
That Tylecodon looks so rugged and natural...!
I barely notice the pot. Great dark color.

Josh

Yeah, personally, I think the Tylecodon is far and away the nicest presentation/composition. You know me, I generally hate rocks in compositions unless it is a root-over-rock.....otherwise the rocks are typically there to hide defects and since I know that is a classic "hide" I am always suspicious of those plants as being the best "bonsai".

All are lovely though and the club is in for a wonderful show with you presenting :o) Dan

Great stuff, Keith! I agree with the others on the Tylecodon (still wish I could keep one of those alive...my last one dessicated on me over the summer when in dormancy...). Yours looks great in that pot.

BTW, what are you top dressing them with?

Your Pelargonium rapaceum is pretty neat - kinda looks like a triste with smaller leaves? Or, is yours just waking up?

Tom

Thanks Bri!

I'll be at the San Jose club.

here's the plicatilis 2yrs ago
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Appreciate it everyone!

The reticulata I've been having 2nd thoughts about the way it looks but you guys have put a stop to that. This plant looks nothing like it did when I got 4yrs ago. It was tall, about 12in, almost like your hand and wrist. It was bare root and slight desiccated. I wanted to change it's shape so what I did was lay it still bareroot on the soil in warm shaded location with the branch tips facing north. Covered the base with gravel to hold it in place and over the next 6mo the branches started lifting of the soil looking for light. When it got to about 60deg it was placed in a shallow pot with the same orientation, it was kept that way until a 90deg bend was achieved. Total time was roughly 1.5yrs.

The rapaceum would have longer foliage if I watered more, I like it compact so it get little or no supplemental moisture.

The topdressing is Somoma path gravel, sifted to 3 different sizes then rinsed.

Beautiful, they are defiantly individuals I think!