Succulents and More™

This past weekend I went to the 2019 Show and Sale of the Sacramento Bromeliad and Carnivorous Plant Society . Unlike last year , when I'd been a bromeliad newbie, I approached this year's event with more knowledge and a better sense of what to expect and what to look for. The sale plants were once again priced very reasonably so I ended up buying more than I would have in a retail nursery. That makes not just me happy but also the club. While the sale was at the top of my agenda—business is business—I did take the time to look at every plant on display inside the Shepard Garden and Arts Center  (also the home of the Sacramento Cactus and Succulent Society  and most other plant clubs in town). Since the Sacramento Bromeliad and Carnivorous Plant Society Show is not judged, there was no winner's table. Instead, the club had put together a spectacular display of bromeliads and carnivorous plants:

More from the 2019 Bromeliad Summit in Santa Barbara, which took place from April 4-7, 2019.  The final destination we visited at the 2019 Bromeliad Summit was Air Plant Alchemy . They're a major grower and wholesaler of tillandsias and orchids and now have a showroom/retail outlet at their location outside of Carpinteria. We had a chance to shop (the first and only opportunity at the Summit) and got to take a look inside a production greenhouse. I should have stuck with the group as I might have learned a few things about growing tillandsias, but as usually I drifted off to take photos. When will I learn? The showroom/retail outlet occupies half a greenhouse and features some impressive specimens of tillandsias and other bromeliads: Quite a few tillandsias were flowering: