[Boo Hollow]

All - Happy Growers does have this plant in inventory. This is a wholesale only nursery and has a long history with Robin as he used to work there and this is where he got his start, so the potential for the plants he has being propagated from leaf cuttings originating from HG is strong. Annie did have this plant the last time we visited several months ago. The plants we have purchased from her a few years ago with the same name tag have also had a tendency to branch out with longer stems, solely dependent on sun exposure. The plants that I purchased from Happy Growers (not their real name) have also had a tendency to branch, although not as prolifically. There is a small locus of growers within the Bay Area that still have stock that came from Kimura International and its former owners back from the mid 70's. The current owner of Kimura - the daughter of the Kimura International founder (which is unfortunately closed but still has lots of greenhouses and personal inventory) has these plants scattered on the grounds when I was last there a couple of years ago. I will ask her if she remembers where they might have come from. So back in the earlier days, Happy Growers, Succulent Gardens and several others obtained imported stock from Kimura and its predescesor. So I will try to track down on this end potential origin of the parent stock.

It is a great looking plant but appears very prone to aphids and associated black sooty mold. Keep those ants under control.

Allen - wonderful picture. Wow.