Ayr Branch BCSS
April 2009 Meeting &
Plant of the Month Competition
What Ho! - Watmough's Mesemb
We welcomed John Watmough (who was doing a Zone tour) to our meeting
He gave us a talk on the "Other" Mesembryanthemums excluding Lithops and Conophytums. John said that there were other speakers much more knowledgable on Lithops and Conophytums so he was excluding them from his talk
In the first half of his talk he spoke about the plants from a collection of them which he had brought with him. He grouped the plants under similar growth habits talking about each one in turn and their cultivation requirements as he proceded. Some of the plants he found presented cultivational difficulties, especially regarding when and how much to water
After the tea break he showed slides of many of the Mesems in order to show us their flowers and diversity of growth.
This was an enjoyable and interesting talk that was enjoyed by all present
Plant of the Month Pictures - Any Mesem except Lithop or Conophytum
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Photo - John Peters
Apr 2009 Meeting - First - Tanquana hilmarii - John Peters (24/04/2009)
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Photo - John Peters
Apr 2009 Meeting - First - Tanquana hilmarii - John Peters (24/04/2009)
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Photo - John Peters
Apr 2009 Meeting - Second - Lapidaria margareta - John Peters (24/04/2009)
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Photo - John Peters
Apr 2009 Meeting - Third - Pleiospilus nelii - John Peters (24/04/2009)
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Photo - John Peters
Apr 2009 Meeting - Group photo of Mesembryanthemum entrants to competition (24/04/2009)
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