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AWESOME NECPS SHOW!!!!!

schloaty

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Hi Everyone,

Just wanted to let you know that we had around 170 people come through the show this weekend at URI - not bad considering we didn't even have a firm location for the show until a few weeks ago (orginal place had to have reconstruction)! I think we might have been bigger than the ICPS convension....

I forgot my camera, so I don't have any pics (
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), but there were several other terraforums members there, so I am posting this with a plea for pics!

Also in attendence from the forums were Stiflermichael, Wildbill, Khanli, Dave S., Kirkwmartin...hmmm....Peter (what's your screen name?), a few others who's screen names I've forgotten (arg!).

Anyway, on to the good stuff.

You should'a seen some of these plants!

There were two huge roridulas (two different varieties) and a very impressive drosphyllum courtesy of Matt Opal - he also brought not-so-large truncata with rediculously large pitchers.

Also of note were some other very impressive specimens....a D. regia 'Big Easy' with dew drops the size of small peas, an S. 'Hurricane Creek White', a whole tank full of cephs, a heliamphora in bloom, and too many impressive neps to name them all. Awesome!
 
Not to mention the LOOT!!!!!!!

There were some great offerings at the member's-only silent auction (hooray, I scored the N. aristolochiodes!). At the NECPS table we had copies of Barry's book for sale and heh, heh, heh... I confess I snagged the last one. We also had tons of plants for sale, autographed copies of The Savage Garden, and a complete line of NECPS hats, t-shirts, long sleeved t-shirts, hooded sweatshirts, and polartec vests. If anyone's interested in the NECPS merchandise, let Dave S. know.

Schloaty - I've got some great high resolution pics, but I need to crop and scale them down first before posting here. I should have at least some of them up much much later tonight.

WildBill
 
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you guys have so much fun I wish their was a CP society around my area.... pictures pictures!
 
[b said:
Quote[/b] ]Also in attendence from the forums were Stiflermichael, Wildbill, Khanli, Dave S., Kirkwmartin...hmmm....Peter (what's your screen name?), a few others who's screen names I've forgotten (arg!).

me!!
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hmm....and ken (chloroplast). plus the folks from Dangerous Plants, I think they said they post, but I can't remember their names. oh! and Nathan (D muscipula).

I was completely awestruck the entire weekend...there were so many talented growers and amazing plants!! I think I went through the display greenhouse about 40 times. there was so much to see!!
 
[b said:
Quote[/b] ]I forgot my camera, so I don't have any pics

I still want to know how you can "forget" your camera on something like this?? Thats sorta like going on your honeymoon and forgetting your wife...
 
or you dont forget youre wife you just forget youre camera on the honey moon.. lots of missed moments their...
 
[b said:
Quote[/b] ]I still want to know how you can "forget" your camera on something like this??

actually, I think Schloaty was debating asking his wife to drive...what, 3, 4 hours?...to bring him his camera...
 
Here we go.....

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Dave Sackett's N. villosa


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Close up of Jeff Matheson's VFT bowl.


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Schloaty's N. campanulata
 
and more...

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NECPS member and visitor greeter Charlie MacDonald


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Matt's D. Big Easy


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Big gooey closeup.
 
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more still...

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Schloaty's N. bicalcarata

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My Drosera multifida extrema. I originally got this plant from Phil Faulisi of the BACPS.

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Extrema closeup

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Jeff Matheson's Cephscape terrarium. The colored straws identify the different forms.
 
  • #11
yep, more...

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This was a tiny seedling I got from Jeff one year ago. I planted it up in a 16 inch tall floral display can (I did put a hole in the bottom). It's been outside in dappled sun all summer.

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NECPS members (left to right) Matt Opel Ph.D, Ken Sicard, Kirk Martin.

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NECPS members Charlie MacDonald and Priscilla Purinton. Priscilla - I still remember how you snaked away my Seedling Propagation Heat Mat in the NECPS Holiday Yankee Gift Swap. The next one is just a few months away so beware....
 
  • #12
OMFG!

ALL THOSE CEPH's!

*drools over the foot long pitcher* (its a N. truncata right?)
 
  • #13
It was a great show! I forgot my camera as well.
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The cephs were awesome. I scored a heliamphora, S. Minor and a box of sundews. Met some great folks also and became a member of the NECPS.
Kingston was beautiful! The URI campus was peaceful and I was escorted to the show by a marching band. I had a great time and hate that I couldn't have stayed longer.
 
  • #14
I will make it one of these days....does the NECPS ever have shows in the summer? (May-August times?)
 
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[b said:
Quote[/b] ]I still want to know how you can "forget" your camera on something like this?? Thats sorta like going on your honeymoon and forgetting your wife...

yeah, well......I had to do all my packing (well, not clothes, I did that the night before) when I got home from work, as well as help out with the kid. Was kinda frantic. I'm lucky that was the only thing I forgot.

Thanks, Bill, for posting all those pics! That's awesome stuff, there (oh, and that's my bical and the pups of my campanulata).
 
  • #16
Okay, I'm drawn in once again to the terraforums! It's going to take me forever to go through all the posts I've missed.

It was a really great show this year. Attendance was lower than previous years, but we had a lot more to offer...presentations on CPs (WildBill and myself), membership cards and welcome packs for new members...and everybody put in effort months in advance of the show.

As soon as I can, I'll post my pics of the show. I got a really neat one of your bical Schloaty.

Kahnli, sorry I don't know your real name, but welcome to the NECPS! I hope you got one of those New Member Welcome Packs with the care sheets and letter from the prez. If you did, I hope you find it useful! Hope you can make to it to our meetings, they are fun and ther people are great!
 
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Definitely the hottest guy at the show (me).....hehe.

The show was great. The plants were spectacular, the attendance was pretty good, and everyone had a fun time. The members' dinner on Saturday was a blast! It's great to get together with fellow CP enthusiasts as well as to share some knowledge with the public.

Best of all, I managed to acquire some very nice plants--N. platychilla, sp. nova from sumatra, macrophylla, argentii, and jacquelineae. Not to mention a NICE D.hartmeyerorum and H. heterodoxa x ionasii.

Can't wait till next year!

Ken
 
  • #18
I'd give me right arm and left leg for that N. campanulata.

You look like Bree's son from DH!
 
  • #19
Congratulations you guys. It looks like you had a great show!

Steve LaWarre
 
  • #20
Hey thar's my 'Big Easy'!! Anda Ceph! Nice pics Bill, Ima save it to my comp. Show was great, lotsa fun & awesome plants.

btw guys, I'm Matt the dude who comes up from LI, I finally got onto the forums..
 
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