nut Posted November 1, 2013 (edited) i passed through Bangkok last Saturday after About 6 weeks in Thailand,Cambodia and Lao and thought id stay an extra day to go to the amazing Uncle Chorns Cabin,i just about had a heart attack in the first glasshouse alone!!I want to really thank Kit at Uncle Chorns for letting the dumb felung in to have a look for half an hour as they were closed on saturday and i hadnt rung ahead.I saw maybe a quarter of the place i had no idea it was so big....more photos to follow this one of the small glasshouses Edited November 1, 2013 by nut 35 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bℓσωηG Posted November 1, 2013 Farking awesome !!! i tried go there last time i went Thailand but my Thai gf and the taxi didnt comprehend the address i copied from their website.. how did you get there easy? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nut Posted November 1, 2013 my mate is married to a girl from north east thailand,i took her and the map and they still had trouble!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nut Posted November 1, 2013 they being her and the cab driver!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderIdeal Posted November 1, 2013 267 (2) (1024x828).jpg this plant was in a dream i had, it was destroyed before i could propagate it. then i woke up before i could avenge it's death. very unsatisfying. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted November 1, 2013 Wow, this is amazing. I'm planning on going to thailand next year (possibly moving there) I'll be sure to visit. I've checked out his website out a few times. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoOnThen Posted November 1, 2013 So many absolutely spotless beautiful cacti. I was just sitting here looking at the photo's and trying to think what the value of those plants would be here. Cheers Got 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nitrogen Posted November 1, 2013 HFS man that is incredible!! Wow oh wow.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutant Posted November 1, 2013 wow!!! what else can you say except "wow" ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted November 1, 2013 Holy fucking-fuck. I think i would actually pass out if i saw this collection in person !! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutant Posted November 1, 2013 I think I can get some growing tips from just seeing these photos. I think this dude drags them up as he is repotting in the same pot. Hanazona had said many japanese cultivator do this with astros. I also think I will start using more pebble with my lophos and astros... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nut Posted November 2, 2013 I've wondered the same got,kit gave me a price on a huge ariocarpus that I still have to post images of and it was cheap,$270 aus dollars I think,I'll tryn get the rest up tonight.yep Ceres I was literally shaking and my heart was pounding as I walked through the place,I just kept looking up at kit and shaking my head in amazement,he doesn't speak much English and I much thai bit he got the idea,standing with a big smile on his face like a proud dad.i was SHATTERED I could not just bring a bunch back with me!!mutant your on the money I think ,there's a whole bench of plants he said were Japanese in genetics.i did ask him how they achieved such rapid growth rates but he was a bit quiet on that!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tarenna Posted November 2, 2013 Fucking sick collection... Thanks for posting photos of it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nut Posted November 2, 2013 (edited) as i said before the place is huge and the photos show a small part it,the third last image was another section i didnt have the time to see.Kit told me during those huge floods they had a few years back they lost 70% of their plants and the area in the third last image was totally under water,in fact from what i could understand it would have been up to my waist where i am taking the photo from.the ario in image 409 was what he said was 8000 baht from memory,but i could be wrong.im so glad i took the time to go out there and see plants of this quality.im still not over having to walk away from so many flawless giants that were for sale,so close and yet so far away!! Edited November 2, 2013 by nut 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nut Posted November 2, 2013 tarenna no probs!!as i was taking these photos i was thinking the crew on the Corroboree are gunna love this shit!!!!!!im starting to think ill pay the quarantine peeps anything to get some of those plants into the country,once you see those kind of plants, money just isnt as important...... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nut Posted November 2, 2013 Mutant what do you been by drags up as he repots?can you please explain this? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
irabionist Posted November 2, 2013 ...... I just want to go to Thailand now.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gilligan Posted November 2, 2013 Wow... Just.... Wow.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoOnThen Posted November 2, 2013 Some of those plants are so HUGE I cant even think how old they must be. The thing that really gets me with all of the cacti is they dont have any marks or damage even the monsters that have to be ( I am guessing ) 50+ years old and not a mark. Thank for posting the pics Nut It must have been an amazing experience. Cheers Got Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nitrogen Posted November 2, 2013 My mind is so blown.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutant Posted November 2, 2013 pruning the root, so that they keep the plant up high exposing all the body.. ? I think its a gradual technique... and surely filling the upper part with gravel hell I dont know I am only hypothesising, dont swear by my word! I was trying to understand how this dude manages to have so fucking neat (and seeming very old) specimens, and I got carried away with hypothesising... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
upside Posted November 2, 2013 first thought,, holy fucking shitballs!! <3 Stunning! I'm beside myself, they are all so beautiful. Thankyou for posting so many pics :-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Genius Posted November 3, 2013 This extremely Inspiring! Thank you very much for posting! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nut Posted November 3, 2013 (edited) Yeah it's interesting the amount of super advanced plants they had,I know Uncle Chorn himself started collecting something in the region of 47 years ago and Kit told me Uncle Chorn had passed away about 3 years ago.i was looking at some lophs that were maybe the size of a tennis ball and said seed grown,to which he replied yes,in fact I didn't see many grafts at all.i asked how old and was told 3 years I think.i asked how so large so fast but didn't really get an answer.as I've said,Kit didn't speak a heap of English and I thai so I couldn't ask a lot.i also fully understand they may have some growth techs they may wish to keep to themselves!!Kit met me at the gate with a pollinating brush in hand and I know they are hard at work on their own genetics.when I was in Thailand I thought a few times the climate in some ways reminded me of south texas,a known loph range.they have high average temps,high average light levels,so I guess a long grow period.humidity I'm sure could be a problem,but only if you had weak plants.i did not see anything other then super healthy everything.anyone who loves cacti and doesn't make the time to go to uncle chorns is gunna miss out on a awesome experience.just call ahead,make sure their open and print off the thai version of the map.its about 30 mins north of Bangkok and so worth the time,when I get back to Bangkok I'm going back there with more time to spare.i mite add Bangkok is crazy I can't think of another city in the world as intense. Edited November 4, 2013 by nut 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conv3rgence Posted May 20, 2016 Just had to necro this thread, after seeing Nut's photos today on his laptop i looked up more of Uncle Chorn and found his old post. I'd love to know the growing techniques employed here.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites