qualia Posted June 7, 2013 http://vimeo.com/67267511 Lester Meyers began collecting cacti at only eight years-old, when he was given a cutting during his milk delivery run in Gilgandra. His passion for accumulating and caring for these prickly plants has continued for over sixty years, and his collection now exceeds 2000 plants. courtesy of abc open 13 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alice Posted June 7, 2013 I saw this on tv tonight, great cacti! Sounded like a really nice guy too. But gardeners always are right? Salt of the earth Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
watertrade Posted June 7, 2013 I have wanted to visit lester Meyers for years , I got my first ariocarpus from lester about 7 or 8 years ago as tiny plants and still have most of them. http://www.cssnsw.org.au/data/Lester_Meyers_2013_Plant_List.pdf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qualia Posted June 7, 2013 someone should make a 6 part doco or something just focusing on the cacti farms/nurseries around oz, 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Swiper Posted June 8, 2013 Very interesting, thanks qualia ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paradox Posted June 8, 2013 lester's a champ, only visited him once but spent half a day just hanging out in his greenhouse, ogling his mind blowing plants & chatting.. just a great & real interesting bloke. this was 5 or 6 years ago. at the time, i saw some very unique looking trichocereus that he most definitely couldn't sell me.. he talked about going to chile to do some research on this species. i still wonder if he did that.. i can't remember the species name Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kykeion Posted June 8, 2013 Its crazy how this stuff goes viral. The Denver botanical gardens just posted this to facebook the other day... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bℓσωηG Posted June 8, 2013 Yep highly recommend the old chap , fantastic skills great prices Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted June 8, 2013 What a great dude i like the part where he mentions that he has to threaten them with th hatchet sometimes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paradox Posted June 8, 2013 Its crazy how this stuff goes viral. The Denver botanical gardens just posted this to facebook the other day... i knew his secret couldn't last Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hellonasty Posted June 19, 2013 Yeah Lester is a good old bloke, I've made the trip out to Gilgandra a few times and always leave happy Great prices on pretty much everything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
