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VOLUME 25 ISSUE 6- July 2013 (33 Pages)


Cover:
Stapelia glabricaulis

From your editor
Stapelia (Orbea):
...Stapelia gigantea
...Stapelia pollinator
...Orbea (Stapelia) variegata
New plants from cuttings
A word about offsets

Members' Corner:
...My old buddy
...The Amateurs' Digest
...Hydrogen Peroxide
Sansevieria kirkii pulchra
Natural pest controls
Cactus falls on Arizona city worker
Benefits of Agave nectar
...Agave toumeyana
...Blue Agave
Variegated Jade

On the net ...
...With Jerry Lehmann
...Variegated Christmas cactus
...Louis Zelenak recommends Danger Garden
...Editor report: Boo-Boo's - Coffins for Succulents
...Drimiopsis kirkii, Giant Squill
...The plant list (valuable information)

Yucca aloifolia 'purpurea'
Hesperaloe parviflora
Agave angustifolia marginata
Agave parviflora
Echinocereus websterianus
Echinocereus delaetii
Echinocereus reichebachii var baileyi forma albispinus
STOP Fungus gnats and Fruit flies by comparison
Euphorbia obesa mystery
Mammillarias:
...Mammillaria bombycina
...Mammillaria bocasana v multilanata crest
Crassula tetragona
Faucaria tigrina
Gasteria verrucosa

Caudiciforms & Other Collectibles
Pachycormis discolor

Shorties
Wrong ID, Cactus flowers
VOLUME 25 ISSUE 5- May 2013 (33 Pages)


Cover:
Pachypodium saundersii compacta

Caudiciforms & Other Collectibles
Dioscorea elephantipes
Cyphostemma betiformis - sunburn
My large Cyphostemma juttae
Pachypodium rosulatum - not enough water
Pachypodium rosulatum var gracilis
Indoor grow room

Gymnocalycium ochoterenae ssp. vatteri
Haworthia bayeri
Euphorbia suzannae
Portulaca oleracea
I don't know why (Canadian senior is the Cactus Man
Pleispilos simulans
Cephalocreus senilis
Melocacatus bahiensis

Bromeliad corner:
Billbergia 'Santa Barbara'
B. windii

Echinopsis huasha
Meet the collector: Steve Hagerman
...Opuntia orbiculata
You gotta prune your plants
Turbinicarpus valdezianus
Beschorneria yuccoides
Euphorbia root in Chinese medicine
Sedum morganianum
From your Editor
Back in the day (1950)
Murder payoff with cactus
Echinocereus enneacanthus
Mammillaria tetrancistra
Parodia werneri
Mammillaria rhodantha
Gymnocalycium cardenasianum
Epiphyllum 'American Dream'

Shorties
The very first gardens, Removing glochids, Ottawa, Canada C&S Society, Garden Jewels Nursery,
Can plants actually talk and hear, Cactus Emulator, Tillandsia source in Canada, Photos pleeeese 33.
VOLUME 25 ISSUE 4- March 2013 (33 Pages)


Cover:
Titanopsis calcarea

Mammillaria elongata crest
Spring Show of the South Australian C&S Society:
...Ariocarpus retusus
...A. asterias 'Super Kabuto'
...A. capricorne
...Ferocactus chrysacanthus
...Copiapoa cinerea
...Mammillaria huitzilopochlii
...Uebelmannia pectinifera
...Mammillaria luethyi
Echeverias:
...Echeveria barbillion
...E. 'Blue Waves'
...E. 'Raindrops
Haworthias:
...Haworthia 'Chocolate'
...H. maughanii
...H. comptoniana
...Haworthia sources
The bobcat and the cactus
Caudiciforms & Other Collectibles
Bursera fagaroides, B. lancifolia
How NOT to repot Ipomoea species
Dorstenia foetida
Pachycormis discolor
Euphorbia flanaganii, Medusoid Euphorbias

Pseudolithos dodsoniana
Hydrogen peroxide - again
Goodbye winter blues - repot now
Echinopsis spachiana
Echeveria minima
Lithops dorotheae, L. olivaceae
The future is gloomy

Bromeliad corner:
Vriesea splendens, V. gutatta

Members' Corner:
...Epiphyllum oxypetalum, Agave nectar, glochids
Plants that improve air quality:
...Ficus benjamina, Dracaena draco, Sansevieria fischeri
Aloinopsis & Titanopsis:
...Aloinopsis malherbei
...A. setifera
...A. luckhoffii
...A. villettii
...A. spathulata
...Titanopsis schwantesii var primosii
...T. Hugo-Schlechteri
...T. H-S var alboviridis
...T. primosii

From your Editor

Shorties
Did you know? Saguaro facts, Cartoon, Collectibles for sale,
YouTube video
VOLUME 25 ISSUE 3- January 2013 (35 Pages)


Cover:
Hoodia husabensis

From your editor
Four very special agaves
...Agave geminiflora 'Spaghetti Strap' Agave
...Agave ‘Blue Glow’
...Agave Kissho Kan (Kichiokan) - Lucky Crown Century Plant
...Agave parryi ssp. truncata
Luther A. Burbank - The wizard of horticulture
William Curtis and Curtis Botanical Magazine
Prints from Curtis Botanical Magazine:
...Stapelia revoluta, S. pulvinata
Euphorbia lactea ‘Gigantea’ (Giant form)

Members’ Corner:
...Sansevieria & Pachypodium problems and
...Flowering of Epiphyllum anguliger
...Argyroderma, Ophthalmophyllum
...Pleispilos compactus
...Agave plants for sale
...Agave medio-picta alba - trapped pup
...Is this Parodia microsperma?

Bromeliad Corner:
Cold sensitivity of bromeliads
...Tillandsia bulbosa
...Aechmea recurvata

Astrophytums (One for you, two for me, one for you)
...Astrophytum asterias, A. ornatum, A. myriostigma
Deamia testudo
Parodia (Notocactus) magnifica
Lithops: Lithops salicola, L. fulviceps, L. herrei
Growing Lithops is an art: Lithops aucampiae
The easy way to plan an outdoor garden
Puppy rescued from cactus and a cactus cat
Cops watch for thieves in Arizona desert:
...Saguaro cactus and Collared Lizard
Videos for your enjoyment by Jürgen Lenz

Caudiciforms & Other Collectibles
Boojum Tree: The rest of the story
Fouquieria (Idria) columnaris
Monadenium (Euphorbia) ritchei Euphorbia fortuita
Rooting hormones: commercial and home made
Drimiopsis (likely maculata)
Pachypodium problem

Shorties
Bulbs, Mealy bug, Aloe saponaria
VOLUME 25 ISSUE 2- November 2012 (34 Pages)


Cover:
Easter Cactus (Hatiora)
Plant & Photo: Barbara Smith, USA

Schlumbergera sp.
Christmas or Easter Cactus?
...Schlumbergera, Hatiora sp.
Pelargonium carnosum
Rosi & Jürgen Lenz:
...Aloe erinacea,
...A. ferox
...A. spinosissima,
...A. ‘Southern Cross’
...A. peglarae
...Kalanchoe manginii,
...Kalanchoe integra
...Mammillaria bocasana ‘Fred’
Disocactus phyllanthoides
Ariocarpus retusus
Fenestraria rhopalophylla
Pachyveria exotica
Epiphyllum ‘Marina’
Coyotes - close call at night while tending plants
Echinopsis subdenudata
Opuntia humifusa
Amazing cactus
Amazing (other) succulent
Portulaca grandiflora Please help ID these plants

Caudiciforms & Other Collectibles
Say “Hello” to John Moran and his favorite caudiciforms:
...Dioscorea elephantipes, Uncarina grandidieri
Pachypodium oddity

How to make a leaf skeleton
Understanding plants
The interesting Yucca moth:Yucca brevifolia History:
Succulent plant people:
Nikolai Michailowicz Przewalski
A really big Sansevieria problem

Shorties
Member recommended web sites Fried cactus in Texas,
A new remedy for Euphorbia burn? (Euphorbia tirucallii), Euphorbia dish garden.
VOLUME 25 ISSUE 1- September 2012 (34 Pages)


Cover:
Mammillaria albicans
Photo submitted by Louis Zelenak, USA

Stapeliads:
...Orbeas: Orbea variegata. O. namaquensis
...Stapelias: Stapelia flavopurpurea, S.glabricaulis, S.grandiflora, S. hybrid,
S. schinzii
...Huernias:Huernia pillansii,H.schneideriana,H.zebrina ssp. zebrina, Larryleachia cactiforme
Uses for dried cholla wood
Famous TV chef tripped on cactus drug
Bees and wasps in the greenhouse and garden
What's wrong with my plants?
Prevention is far better than trying to cure a problem later
Sooty mold
Albuca nelsonii Desert animal word search for the kids
Three rewarding parodias:
...Parodia crassigibba, P magnifica, P. werneri
Mammillaria petterssonii
Stamps: A hobby within a hobby
Agave chrysantha, A. shawii
Destinations: Desert survival
Ipomoea carnea
Sedum pests: Sedum sarmentosa, Hylotelephphium populifolium
Pilosocereus pachycladus
Echinopsis hybrid in Las Vegas
Euphorbia propagation: Euphorbia saxorum
Plants I would not buy/grow again: Cereus spegazzinii
Selenicereus grandiflorus
Plastic cups to the rescue
Euphorbia burmannii
Before it's too late !!!
Epiphyllum hybrids

Bromeliads:
Foliar feeding: Billbergia windii

Roraima Nursery & Gardens:
Cleistocactus strausii, Aloe bainesii, Opuntias, Garden designs, metal sculptures, Brachychiton rupestris, Yucca australis, Beaucarnea recurvifolia, Frilled lizard on Ceiba insignis

Caudiciforms & Other Collectibles
Norma Cratt's priorities (Pachypodium lamerei)
Amorphophallus albus
See also Roraima Nursery article starting on Page 29

Shorties
Funny photos (3), Shark attack: the rest of the story, Shipping succulents, Mammillaria matudae ID.