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Contents of Current and Future Issues


VOLUME 22 ISSUE 4 - MARCH 2010


Cover: The many flowers of Thelocactus bicolor
Plants & Photos: Jerry Dowding, Kingsville, Ontario

Cacti & Other Succulents
Kalanchoes:
....K. blossfeldiana variety, K. gastonis- bonnieri, K. beharensis,
....K. marmorata, K. eriophylla, K. synsepala, K. manginii, K. pumila,
....K. rhombopilosa, K. longiflora, K. tubiflorum
Leaf propagating technique for K. beharensis
Ariocarpus:
....A. agavoides, A. fissuratus, A. kotschoubeyanus, A. retusus
Rebutias: Don't change those labels!
....Rebutia krainziana , R. arenacea, R. mentosa subsp. purpurea,
....R. senilis v. kesselringiana, R. muscula, R. 'Pink Champagne',
....R. rauschii, R. senilis, R. spinosissima, R. narvaecensis,
....R. fiebrigii variety, R.'Snow Orange', R. albiflora, R. rauschii
Matucana madisoniorum

Letters From Members
What will happen to our collections?
Feedback on January issue, Insectigone, Unbelievable flowering in January

Fouquieria columnaris
How a cactus makes sure of posterity
Echinopsis 'Barber Pole'
Poachers threaten Mexico's cacti
Panchkula Cactus Garden, India, Nowhere on map
....Cactus 'balls' Cactus 'tree'
....Dr. J. S. Sarkaria, Creater of the Garden
Mammillaria: Frank Lloyd Wright's cactus
Aloe concinna, My Mystery Aloe

Bromeliad Corner
Making a miniature bromeliad tree
Tillandsia butzii
Aechmea recurvata

Caudiciforms & Other Collectibles
Euphorbia bongensis
Euphorbia ambovombensis
What's new at Kew? Cycad repotting
About Cycads

Outdoor Gardens
See our garden grow: Lampranthus, Brachychiton

Shorties
Thelocactus hexaedrophorus v. lloydii, From your Editor, Quick tips: Watering, Ariocarpus: A princely sum, Agave parryi v couesii, Caralluma species, Feedback, Frank Lloyd Wright, Aloe steudneri, Aloe 'Southern Cross' , Bromeliad sale, Editor's life is tough, Ed recommended web site, To pot or not to pot.

PLUS:
Supplement:

The Lenz Outdoor Garden (Australia) in 2009
We love caudiciforms ... and ... turtles

....A surprise visitor
....Brachystelma dinteri
....Cyphostemma juttae
....Euphorbia caput-medusae
....Fockea edulis
....Fockea (The genus)
....Gerrardanthus macrorhizus
....Kedrostis nana
....Pachypodiums (P. geayi, lamerei)
....Pachypodium lamerei & Rosi & Jurgen
....Tylecodon reticulatus
....Uncarina peltata

Adeniums Rescue - Judy Zuber - Bahamas
....Adenium obesum
....Adenium 'Star of Yellow Dreams'
....Grafted and seed grown

VOLUME 22 ISSUE 3 - JANUARY 2010


Cover: Cylindropuntia davisii, O. humifusa, O. fragilis

Happy Holidays

Cacti & Other Succulents
Sedum:
Sedum burrito
S. lineare variegated
S. pachyphyllum
S. adolphii
S. allantoides
S. morganianum
S. rubrotinctum
S. rubrotinctum'Aurora'
S. sediforme
S. hispanicum
Echinopsis'Tropic Sunset', Echinopsis'Tangerine'
The Mammillaria with a split personality: Mammillaria karwinskiana ssp. nejapensis
Crassula'Springtime'
Echinopsis obrepanda
Things are buzzing again at Kew Gardens
Euphorbia viguieri
Pilosocereus palmeri
Turbinicarpus pseudopectiinatus v. pseudopectinatus
Want fresh air? Grow a Sansevieria:
Sansevieria raffilii v. glauca
S. cylindrica,
S. thyrsiflora
Uebellmania pectinifera
Agave toumeyana ssp toumeyana
Mammilloidia (Mammillaria) candida
New discovery: Giant plant eats rodents

Caudiciforms & Other Collectibles
Pachypodium fiherensis
The flowering of Dioscorea elephantipes
Pachypodium lealii subsp. saundersii

Bromeliad Corner
Frogs and bromeliads in a New Zealand Garden:
Litori aurea (frog)
Hechtia argentea

Outdoor Growing
A one of a kind garden. A one of a kind gardener: Vic Honeychurch
Lampranthus, Cleistocactus,Oreocereus, Espostoa, Polaskia chichipe, Pachycereus marginatus, Aloe species, Pachycereus pringlei

Shorties
Rebutia pygmaea (hafneriana), Ways to water plants, Trichodeadema clarification, Cacti hairs, Why collect succulent plants?, Most expensive Sansevieria, Echinocereus scheeri, E. scheeri v. gentryi,
THE WINNERS! and THE REWARDS, Adromischus cooperi, Cactus, mirrors, dustbins prevent accidents, That's gotta hurt, Feedback, Trichodeadema bulbosum.

PLUS:
Supplement:

Aloe species in my collection
About aloes
The Genus name
Types of aloes
Aloe arborescens
Aloe broomii
Aloe capitata v. gneissicola
Aloe castanea
Aloe comosa
Aloe conifera
Aloe dichotoma
Aloe excelsa
Aloe falcata
Aloe fragilis
Aloe framesii
Aloe melanacantha
Aloe microstigma
Aloe peglerae
Aloe petrophila
Aloe plicatilis
Aloe rauhii
Aloe somaliensis
Aloe speciosa
Aloe spicata
Aloe vera (barbadensis) variegated
Aloe verdoorniae

VOLUME 22 ISSUE 2 - NOVEMBER 2009


Cover: Thelocactus hastifer

Cacti & Other Succulents
From your editor: Aeonium mystery, Hydrogen Peroxide. Trust on the internet
Aloe rupestris
Succulents from leaf cuttings
Don't suffocate plants with waxy coating
Microchips for saguaros
Do we need plants at all?
Insectigone - a product that really works
Stapelia schinzii hybrid - rotting
Rotting of plants in general
Furcraea foetida
Euphorbia lactea, normal and crest
Tephrocactus and Maihueniopsis:
...T. articulata, T. geometricus, Maihueniopsis subterranea
California tackles cactus crime: Police Lieutenant Frank Taylor
Aptenia cordifolia
Peniocereus serpentinus
Acanthocalycium spiniflorum, A. glaucum
The flowering of Agave filifera
Baynesia lophophora

Caudiciforms & Other Collectibles
Dorstenia bornimiana
Euphorbia primulifolia/subapoda

Bromeliad Corner
How much light do bromeliads need? : Hohenbergia species
Aechmea 'Friederike albomarginata'
Neoregelia 'Hannibal Lechter'
Tall stories, Mounting on cork, Forgotten charcoal

Letters from Members:
July 2009 Digest, The birds and the bees, Agave quadricolor propagation, Echinocereus morricalii, Stranger and Agave pups, Cereus (Monvillea) spegazzinii, Euphorbia ammak, Most amazing plants: Echinopsis marsoneri, Myrtillocactus (Chimera)

Shorties
Kitty cactus, Correction, Type species, Titanopsis calcarea, Microchips for saguaros, Northern Cape endemic plants, Washing windows a breeze?, Aloe variegata, Saguaro seeds, Smiles from the Internet, Cartoons, Sempervivum tectorum var. calcareum, Agaves outdoors: Editor recommended web site, Caudex Booklets, Feedback on past issues.

PLUS:
Supplement:

Trichodiademas
The genus name
Birds drink from the leaves
T. barbata
T. bulbosum
T. decorum
T. densum
T. fergusoniae
T. intonsum
T. mirabile
Momordica rostrata
How Rosi & I grow Momordica
Momordica foliage and uses

VOLUME 22 ISSUE 1 - SEPTEMBER 2009


Cover: Ariocarpus retusus
Normal & crested forms

From your Editor: Hydrogen Peroxide, Pep talk, Plants with a bloom (Pilosocereus sp.), Tillandsia intermedia (Bromeliad)

Cacti & Other Succulents
Huernia kennedyana
Ariocarpus retusus
Ariocarpus fissuratus
Echinopsis: E. ancistrophora (polyancistra)
Neobuxbaumia polylopha - Cone Cactus
Disocactus phyllanthoides
Sceletium tortuosum
Echinocereus reichebachii ssp. fitchii
Opuntia chaffeyii
Echinocereus fendleri variety
Neoporteria nidus
Escobaria (Coryphantha) laredoi
Euphorbia ankarensis fruit
Hard seed coats
Death by Palm Tree
Cereus repandus (peruvianus) monstrous form
Rebutia minuscula
Echinopsis (Soehrensia) bruchii
Thelocactus bicolor (rare white flower form)
Agave mitis v. mitis
Coryphantha: C. reduncispina, C. elephantidens
Senecio serpens
Plant thieves do irreparable harm
The ten inevitables of greenhousing

Caudiciforms, Other Collectibles (see Letters too)
Bombax ellipticum
About those bats
Three forms of Adenium obesum
Anacampseros rufescens 'Sunrise'

Bromeliad Corner
Cryptanthus 'Pink Star' or 'Earth Star'
See also From your editor

Letters from members Opuntias, Aeonium hierrense, The Benders' big ones, Aloe perdita, Echinocereus dasyacanthus

Shorties:
Internet classifieds, Instant shade, Rebutia mentosa, How can animals eat prickly plants? Rebutia pulvinosa, Echinopsis Lady Evelyn, Cartoon, Combined index, Echinocactus grusonii, Greenovia/Aeonium.

PLUS:
Supplement:

Aeonium urbicum
Cleistocactus (Borzicactus) samaipatanus
Echinocereus pantalophus
Echinopsis (Lobivia) famatimensis
Echinopsis (Lobivia) ferox
Echinopsis 'Syncopation'
Eriocyse krausii (Neochilenia malleolata v. lanata)
Euphorbia bubalina
Ferocactus latispinus
Ferocactus, the genus
Gymnocalycium keislingii
Gymnocalycium pflanzii
Gymnocalycium stenopleurum (friedrichii)
Lophophora williamsii
Neochilenia malleolata v. lanata
Obregonia denegrii
Oreocereus doelzianus v. sericactus
Oreocereus trollii
Parodia schumanniana
Parodia warasii
Parodia taratensis
Parodia werneri
Sedum potosinum
Sempervivum arachnoideum