Re: Aroid-L Digest, Vol 159, Issue 74

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Regarding Bob Smoley,  I called his wife for a visit not too long ago and unfortunately she was not accepting visitors to the nursery anymore.

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> Jude -According to the announcement for the IAS show, Ree Gardens are listed as "confirmed vendors" for the show.? That suggests they are still doing some kind of plant business.
> I found a thread that's about five years old in palmtalk.org about Ree Gardens that lists the? e-mail address of Steve Nock as:?snock1@earthlink.net.?It's also possible that one of the organizers of the IAS sale might have contact information.
> If your time permits, after you finish your trip, it would be great to hear about the places you visited that you liked the best, or found the most interesting aroids.? I can't make it to the IAS show, but I hope to get to the South Florida area in the next year or so, and I'd love to do the kind of "nursery crawl" you're doing.
> -Rosalind 
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>    On Wednesday, August 22, 2018 10:00 PM, The Silent Seed <tylus.seklos@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Russ,
> Somebody in this thread suggested Bernecker's for Aglaonemas. Hope that helps. 
> I had the pleasure of meeting Bob Smoley at which time turned out to be only a few days before his death. I came home with many of his plants, some of which are part of my permanent collection in memory. 
> Ree Gardens / the Nock's - I've read that they no longer have a nursery? But if they do, I'd love to visit, if somebody has some more information about their current status, or possibly even a way to contact them? 
> All the best, Jude 
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> On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 11:39 PM, Russ <bluesea14808@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Bob Smoley offers a massive number of sansevierias. He passed away some years ago and his wife has continued with the nursery.?
> I hear Ree Gardens in Miami area is having their big fall sale, I think this weekend. They might have a few uncommon aglaonemas, which I collect.
> ?If anyone here has a collection of aglaonemas, please contact me. Particularly interested in the natural hybrids Dr Frank Brown brought back from jungles of Luzon Philippines in the early 1980s.
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> I haven't been there but if I was heading that way I would have to hit, Bob
> Smoley's Gardenworld? ? I believe it was? Isaac farms I went to last year
> right after hurricane Irma had blasted thru. I was down there hauling
> generators for ATT.? They are mostly cactus and succulents? There are
> dozens of nurseries all over that area I could have spend days wondering
> around but only had a couple hours.? I would also have to hit Out of Africa
> plants in Naples I haven't been there either, but I would love to see it.? 
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> I'm looking for any other recommendations of places to find plants -
> unusual, not run-of-the mill - Philodendrons, aroids, others, for my
> upcoming trip to Florida? (This is a buying trip, not a viewing trip.) 
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> Best, Jude 
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> Thanks Steve!
> I have been to Bob's - he unfortunately died - I actually had the fortune
> to meet him a few days before he died, actually. His wife will be away in
> September, so unfortunately that won't work for this trip.
> Somebody did suggest Isaac Farms on another forum, and I will be going
> there, as I am looking for succulent places as well.
> Out of Africa is awesome, but they do not accept visitors. If you think of
> some more in the area please feel free to email me.
> Best, Jude
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>> I haven?t been there but if I was heading that way I would have to hit,
>> Bob Smoley's Gardenworld? ? I believe it was? Isaac farms I went to last
>> year right after hurricane Irma had blasted thru. I was down there hauling
>> generators for ATT.? They are mostly cactus and succulents? There are
>> dozens of nurseries all over that area I could have spend days wondering
>> around but only had a couple hours.? I would also have to hit Out of Africa
>> plants in Naples I haven?t been there either, but I would love to see it.
>> 
>> Steve
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>> I'm looking for any other recommendations of places to find plants -
>> unusual, not run-of-the mill - Philodendrons, aroids, others, for my
>> upcoming trip to Florida? (This is a buying trip, not a viewing trip.)
>> 
>> Best, Jude
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> Top Tropicals might be worth a visit (I've never been, although I've bought plants online)??https://toptropicals. com/
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> Susan BIn the pockets of the pope, the octopus is a lot of things... 
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> ? ? On Wednesday, August 22, 2018, 5:53:21 PM EDT, The Silent Seed <tylus.seklos@gmail.com> wrote:? 
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> Thanks Steve! 
> I have been to Bob's - he unfortunately died - I actually had the fortune to meet him a few days before he died, actually. His wife will be away in September, so unfortunately that won't work for this trip. 
> Somebody did suggest Isaac Farms on another forum, and I will be going there, as I am looking for succulent places as well. 
> Out of Africa is awesome, but they do not accept visitors. If you think of some more in the area please feel free to email me.
> Best, Jude 
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> On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 5:33 PM, Steve Hatfield <moondogman@comcast.net> wrote:
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> I haven?t been there but if I washeading that way I would have to hit, Bob Smoley's Gardenworld? ??Ibelieve it was ??Isaac farms I went to last year right afterhurricane Irma had blasted thru. I was down there hauling generators for ATT.??They are mostly cactus and succulents? There are dozens of nurseriesall over that area I could have spend days wondering around but only had acouple hours.? I would also have to hit Out of Africa plants in Naples I haven?t been there either, but I would love to see it.? 
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> I'm looking for any other recommendations of places to find plants -unusual, not run-of-the mill - Philodendrons, aroids, others, for my upcomingtrip to Florida? (This is a buying trip, not a viewing trip.) 
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