Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Do you think these are real?, 1 by Kell

Kell wrote:
Oh you guys are too good. I had the best day yesterday. I went to the UC Davis Botanical Conservatory with Lali girl to a bot sale. Oh how I do love those. LOL. I walked in with my love affair with amorphophallus and my also my newest heart's desire for Arisaema which I just focused since seeing one on the last Saturday while visiting at the Strybing Arboretum in San Francisco. I had spent all last week reading about this great genus.

So we walk into this sale, or rather run in and what do I find on the first table I focus on but 4 kinds of arisaema. Do you believe how lucky it is to be me??? I was thrilled beyond words.

And not only did I get to buy these but later that day we both were invited to a personal tour of their conservatory by the curator. Well, Lali was really invited and I was a happy tag along. So I got to see their collection of them and their amorphophallus. And.................... this so nice curator gave me some plants including an amorphophallus bulb that filled a 3 gallon can. It sometimes pays to be such an enthusiastic but needy admirer. Or perhaps he was just sick of hearing me say, OH I WANT THAT ONE on every plant I saw. LOL

I saw great sights. And they had a Osa Pulchra in full bloom so I got to see one in real life which I think I wished for in the thread I started on them a while back. LOL.

My latest fascination is anything that has mottled stems or flowers. An arisaema they had.