STEVEN HAMMER'S SPHAEROID INSTITUTE

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845 Mason Road, Vista, CA 92084 USA
nocturnal phone: (760) 631-7898
email: sphaeroid@juno.com

MAMMON'S MEMORIAL LIST 15.1

May 26, 2009

My birthday fell on Memorial Day this year - and vice-versa - which I took as an omen for list-issuance. It's spurred as well by depletion of my March offerings. Despite the economy or because of it, many people placed copious orders, more than I expected, slowing me down considerably. My apologies if you were amongst the long-waiters; I can only process two to four orders a day and at one point had 60 in the queue. Some delays arose through quite another cause: emails in one or both directions which didn't arrive. Other emails arrived in the junk file - huntington.org now has this elegant distinction - where I tend not to linger.

Placing an order is simple: email me as soon as you know what you want; negotiations will then proceed apace. NOTA BENE: If I don't react to your queries within a day, please write again. Repetition is far better than strained silence. Many items are in short supply. These are marked with +, one per customer. The bulbous monocots are thoroughly sleepy and look awful but, packed in vermiculite, they travel well.

+ = limit one

AGNIRICTUS (STOMATIUM)

1. agninum
sheep may safely raise $3.00

ARGYRODERMA

2. congregatum TS 702 7 km Holrivier Station
Humpy-Dumpty's caulicle $4.00

3. crateriforme Stofkraal
sulphur petals and paler pollen $4.00

4. crateriforme? MRO 95 Bakoondkolk +
neon-pink petals $3.00

CHEIRIDOPSIS

5. pillansii Augrabies Hills
Easter Island's slab-flora $3.00

GIBBAEUM

6. heathii
eggs mit legs $5.00

IHLENFELDTIA

7. excavata Witberg
flowers with golden ease $6.00

JORDAANIELLA

8. spongiosa Groen River mouth
spawns a salmon bloom boom $2.00

LITHOPS

9. amicorum TS 67 +
small fry $6.00

10. aucampiae
bitter chocolatiers $2.00

11. coleorum ex SH 1500 +
polished pros $4.00

12. dinteri +
blood-red spots and streaks $3.00

13. fulviceps
as served at Springbok's Green Dot Cafe $2.00

14. hallii
hatches hatchings $3.00

15. hallii var. ochracea near Stinkbrak +
life on the margins $3.00

16. herrei +
perforated ivory $6.00

17. hookeri var. lutea Groblershoop
cinnabar grooves $5.00

18. karasmontana subsp. bella +
jagged gems $4.00

19. karasmontana 'lateritia'
in rust we trust $4.00

20. lesliei var. venteri
speckled charcoal $3.00

21. localis
parti-colored tops $4.00

22. naureeniae near Rooifontein
olive chessboards $3.00

23. otzeniana x meyeri +
fine-feathered friends $4.00

24. pseudotruncatella
pressed, ducks $3.00

NANANTHUS

25. vittatus?
young slenderellas $2.00

ORTHOPTERUM

26. waltoniae Grahamstown +
streamlined Faucaria $6.00

PLEIOSPILOS

27. nelii
cleft palettes $4.00

VANHEERDEA

28. angusta
darkest chrome petals $8.00

GASTERIA

29. x Blue Monster +
tongue-and-groove jointure $3.00

30. wicked hybrids $6.00
very nice if you can abandon identity

HAWORTHIA

31. arachnoidea sensu lato
spiders everywhere $8.00

32. aristata Anne's Villa
Ms. Muffet's tuffets $3.00

33. cooperi var. leightonii Kayser's Beach
permanently rhubarbed $4.00

34. emelyae var. major
more major than minor $8.00

35. mirabilis var. badia Napier
an uncanny polish $18.00

36. pygmaeaish Krantzhoek near Herbertsdale
orange-tinted leaves $6.00

37. pygmaeaish Moss Gas +
somber hues $8.00

38. pygmaea var. argenteo-maculosa Humor +
smallish leaf-props of a fine clone $3.00

39. pygmaea var. argenteo-maculosa Cooper +
biggish leaf-props $3.00

40. scabra +
rough and ready $6.00

41. truncata
complete with hideous and ineluctable cracks $10.00

42. venosa subsp. tessellata Lady Grey
not ex the New York Times $4.00

CRASSULA

43. columella +
I call 'em lovely $2.00

44. deltoidea Black Face Mountain +
small props dipped in finest cornstarch $3.00

TROMOTRICHE

45. umdausensis Klipbok +
splendidly equipped flowers $6.00

BRUNSVIGIA

46. litoralis
still in their nonage $3.00

BULBINE

47. bruynsii ex PVB 6126
buried pleasures $18.00

48. haworthioides ex Hall 4990
inlaid jello $4.00

ERIOSPERMUM

49. cervicorne Mesklip
spoon-benders $5.00

50. paradoxum
foxed tails $6.00

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