Cactus and Succulent Society of New Mexico
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Cactus & Succulent Society of New
Mexico is an affiliate of the Cactus and
Succulent Society of America.
Meeting Info: Albuquerque Garden
Center, 10120 Lomas Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM, usually
on the 3rd Wednesday, at 7:00 pm. Check Upcoming
Events below for information on the next meeting.
Note the change from Friday to Wednesday!
President: Matthew-Ryan Morrell
Webmaster: Ralph R. Peters
To contact the CSSNM via email, please use this address: CSSofNM@gmail.com
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Upcoming
Events
July - NO meeting
Wednesday, August 17, 2022 - Regular hybrid in-person/zoom meeting.
Gretchen Ward will talk about epiphytic
cacti; most have large, spectacular flowers. There are several
genera of these plants, as well as a huge number of hybrids that have been
bred for floral traits. These plants are native to more tropical regions,
during the summer monsoon season they are very happy with the higher
humidity here. She will talk quite a bit about how to grow them here and
have them flower well.
Members will receive an email with a Zoom meeting invitation and
instructions.
Non-members are encouraged to request an invitation via email at CSSofNM@gmail.com;
please include your name so that we can admit you to the meeting.
Zoom help/info is available.
Saturday & Sunday, September 3 & 4 - CSSNM will host a Labor Day Show at the
Albuquerque Botanic Garden. We will be near the main entrance
to the botanic garden. Previous shows have been
attended by many visitors.
Volunteers are needed to host the show and answer questions. Please sign up to help.
Volunteers will receive free admission to the Botanic Garden and a chance
to visit it; the garden is beautiful.
This flyer contains
basic information about the show and can be used to advertise it at public
places like libraries, nurseries,...
Video presentations!
Ralph Peters recently made a presentation to the Native Plant Society
called "
NM
Cactus Travelog" which visited locations in SouthEast, SouthCentral,
and NorthWest New Mexico.
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. The Fall 2022 issue is now available.
An Agave
victoria-reginae flowered at Daniel Finley's house in summer of
2019 and he provided some pictures.
Landscaping Southwest is a
program that investigates water-wise landscaping and gardening. This
video
looks at the La Mesa Community Garden in the first half and Ralph Peters'
xeric yard and his cactus & succulent collection in the second
half. It shows cacti, succulents, and other native plants
(ocotillos, penstemons,...) used in landscaping and discusses their
cultivation.
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Checkout picture galleries of flowering cacti and succulents
courtesy of Siegfried
Lodwig.
A new
gallery is up for May 2022 with 56 photos. |
Useful links for information on the web may be found here.
Check out the blog from Australia.
Club Information
Club
information including a membership application, new member
information, newsletters,
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.
NOTE: Annual membership was raised from $10 to $15 for 2022!
The library
list has been updated! Check it out as our library is large.
What does the society do? Get an idea from a list of recent events.
