Tour The Sphaeroid Institute (Steven Hammer) & the collection of Jurgen Menzel w/ Kono Tadayoshi

This is truly a epic greenhouse tour video unlike any I’ve done previously. Big thanks to Jacobe (@enchantedcactus) Moses N @ogmoses and @tadayoshi_kono for making it a great experience. Stevem Hammers Etsy shop below: Steven Hammer has done extensive work on several of the genera Mesembryanthemaceae, but has concentrated, over a period of twelve years, on his research on Conophytum. He has travelled extensively in the regions in which conophytums are to be found, and has unearthed several new taxa. His book “The Genus Conophytum“ brought order to the previous taxonomic chaos in which the genus, by virtue of its size and bewildering diversity, has existed. He is regarded internationally as one of the foremost authority on the mesembs and the foremost authority on Conophytum. He maintains probably the largest collection of mesembs at his home. His extensive articles on Conophytum and other mesemb gene