July - NO MEETING! Have a great summer!
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 - Planning for the Labor Day show.
Rebecca Stoneman-Washee will talk about the indigenous uses of
cacti, yuccas, agaves, etc.
Note: The gate to the parking lot on the East side of the
Albuquerque Garden Center building will be locked. It requires a
4 digit code to open. Members receive the gate code (which has
not changed in years) in the email meeting announcement.
Visitors are welcome to follow a member in.
Saturday, August 31 & Sunday, September 1 - Labor Day Show at
the
Albuquerque Botanic Garden from 10am to 4pm.
Pictures
from recent shows are available. This
document
contains information about being an exhibitor and/or a docent and a
sign up sheet; please join us!
Video presentations!
Videos of some recent
presentations may be found on YouTube! In March 2024, Adam
Harrower and Karel DuToit talked about
south
African Succulents. In January 2024,
Gretchen
Ward talked about
Christmas and Easter cacti,
their variation, and how to grow them to make lots of flowers.
In November 2023, Dave Ferguson presented the "
Dry Fruited Prickly Pears of
New Mexico". In August 2023, Steven Brack talked about
The
cacti, rock garden plants and volcanoes of Neuquen in Argentina.
In March 2023, Jeff Thompson from Pueblo, CO talked about making
hybrids with
Echinocereus. In January 2023, Steven Brack talked
about
"Adventures in
Hardy Cacti and Succulents".
Information about plants
Plant information may be found here. Checkout the article on
potting soils which lists
recipes from several members. Collecting wild plants is
generally discouraged -- see why!
Siegfried Lodwig has written 2 articles (text and pictures) on growing cacti from
seeds and growing/transplanting
the seedlings.
The Cactus and
Succulent Society of America's e-newsletter "To The
Point" has articles about plant cultivation, individual
societies, and other interesting stories.
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Checkout picture galleries of flowering cacti and succulents
courtesy of Siegfried
Lodwig. |
Useful links for information on the web may be found here.
Check out the blog from Australia.
Club Information
Club
information including hybrid meeting information, membership
application, new member information, current officers, a library list,
show information, show tags, show posters and vendor information...
You can apply for membership or renew it online.
CSSNM uses PayPal to pay the annual fee.
What does the society do? Get an idea from a list of
recent events.
