I was at a conference that included a show just this past weekend.

I wasn't in a position to go to Philadelphia last weekend, even if I had known
about it. Where and when is the next one? I'd love to go, just to meet you,
never mind the plants. ;-)
Long Island and New York City are too far for me to go to. As it is, I spend
too much time commuting to Albany & Rochester for bonsai.
I looked up pictures of both those species on the Web, in case I meet one on a
dark night. Ugly! I know, when it comes to succulents, the uglier, the more
people love them. I'll stick with Lithops & my Operculicarya decaryi.
What's with that family Petopentia got split into?
I thought I had a big Punomatic in my back pocket, but the succulent growers
are worse, with a Magazine called the Baltimore Areole, not to mention those
two nurseries in California, the Epicenter and Cereus Business.

Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)