Happy birthday wishes for many more wonderful years to come!

Hope your birthday was wonderful Kevin!!!

Well in a word my birthday was SLOW. I went out for sushi and friends brought over a cake. The remainder of the day I worked in the yard and it needed it. I had company for ten days so I had lots of things to do.

The 'Stuffed Olive' incident happened about 1974. It really stung Eddie! I was 20 then!

I have a HUGE red semp seedling that might be "BIG SIX-O". Have been trying to think of a name for it and that would celebrate my birthday too.

Thank you for all your kind wishes. Hope I have at least another 20 years of crossing ahead of me. By then I might get that 10" black cobweb. I think the 10" black will come sooner, maybe even from the crosses this summer.

Kevin

JungleShadows said:

I have a HUGE red semp seedling that might be "BIG SIX-O". Have been trying to think of a name for it and that would celebrate my birthday too.

Yes, I vote for "BIG SIX-O" too, Kevin! ...since it celebrates such a milestone birthday!

You will never forget the year that way.

Thanks for the endorsement! This is my 50th anniversary of crossing too so I need a name for that event too!

Kevin

I agree on the name of S. 'Big Six O'. It will go down in sempervivum history.

Happy (late) Birthday!
If you have a semp that seems color appropriate, you could call it 'Golden Jubilee'. It's what a period of 50 years is called.

If you have one that is appropriately shaped and colored you could call it "Hawaii 50" haha

Grooooaaan!

There are a couple yellow ones showing up in a batch from a 'Jungle Shadows' X self seedling with a tint of yellow. Those moght be a "Golden Anniversary".

Kevin

I like the sound of 'Golden Jubilee'.

Hehe thanks - me too, there are other 'Jubilee' semps, but as far as I could tell, I don't think there is a 'Golden Jubilee'.
I'm just a fan of names where the meaning isn't necessarily initially obvious. (Many of my band names over the years were created combinations/made up words so a specific meaning couldn't be attached).

that's exactly why I liked Hawaii50 haha!

Same reason that I did too. It took me a second to get it.
That and I pictured a semp that looks like a Hawaiian shirt.

I know that one would be tricky huh! Or one that looks like a pineapple

Yeah I think Golden Jubilee is a better name although it does sound like something from the other side of the pond. Americans don't do jubilees like the English do!

OK now I have the names, just have to get the plants to behave. the big red one is from 'Killer' X 'Jungle Shadows' and is a blood red 8" rosette so that will probably be 'Big Six-O'. It looks like a bigger, darker, redder, nicer-formed version of 'Oh My', if that makes any sense. Toby took back a few rosettes to test at his place too but it is still under number, not a name yet. The yellow ones are small seedlings yet. I had one yellow that I marked in '13 group but it is going to be a slow grower. The yellow out of 'Jungle Shadows' X self has a lot of purple in it too but it's a good grower. The two gold seedlings are from self-pollinating that plant.

Kevin

I love the sound of all of them!! The big 60 is a cute name!!

Just think of the orders going to Toby for all these new Vaughn plants Greg! You'll be planting the "Kevin Vaughn Memorial Garden"!

Kevin

haha! I'm hoping I have my name on the wait list!!!