HCSS show and sale

The HCSS (Houston Cactus and Succulent Society) is having their show and sale this weekend. There are some great plants to see and buy. I volunteered to clerk for the judges. Basically I stood there and turned the plants for the judges so they could see them from all angles because judges are not allowed to touch the plants. The great thing about it is that I get to learn what the judges are looking for and what they take points off for. Maybe someday I will get up the courage to enter some of my plants.

adenia

euphorbia

astrophytum

euphorbia

Green thumb

This weekend my father-in-law kept telling me that I have a green thumb. I don't think of myself as having one because I have killed many poor plants. I have found out what plants I can keep alive the best and stuck to those. Then I had the thought, maybe that is the secret to having a "green thumb". Don't be deterred  by plants that do not make it. Learned from mistakes and continued to try growing different plants. Not everyone is going to have success with the same plants.