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, 3rd Friday, 7:00 pm.

President: Carl Hime, 3420 Chelwood NE, Albuquerque, NM 87111.
Affiliate Rep: Ralph R Peters, 505-293-6356, RPeters52@gmail.com, 1825 Shirlane NE, Albuquerque NM 87112.

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Upcoming Events
Friday, January 20: Woody Minnich will talk about Namibia, a dry place in a wet time.  Woody's comments follow:
This is the trip that Steve Brack and I enjoyed together this last May. I suspect that between our two presentations we should cover everything that we did and saw and I am sure that our two styles will be very different. I can't wait to share my vision of our trip with Steve and I hope the club won't mind having me doing a second presentation. This should be a very entertaining talk and, as usual, I will include everything about Namibia from the people, animals, plants to the landscapes. Namibia a very beautiful and magical place. This will also be the first time showing the not so well known "sociable desert rats" also known as Team Namibia!??
More information is available on this talk and on Woody Minnich.

 April 14-15: Spring Show and Sale at the Albuquerque Garden Center, 10120 Lomas Blvd. NE on Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm. There is no admission charge. Lots of beautiful show plants (and flowers!) to see.  We will also have a huge selection of cacti and succulents for sale including locally grown hardy species for the yard.
A press release containing more information may be found here.

Road Trip
On Saturday, October 8, 2011 more than 20 people had a chance to tour the greenhouses at Mesa Garden, Belen NM,  The primary draw for the trip were the flowering Mesembs that originate in South Africa and Namibia.  A few pictures follow.



Steve and group in a Mesem greenhouse
Lithops hookeri flowers!
Lithops verruculosa flowers!



Lithops julii flowers!
Conophytum minutum flowers!
Conophytum maughanii

We had a great time!  Thank-you Steve & Linda Brack for hosting this fantastic field trip!

Information
Check out the new December newsletter!
Plant information may be found here.
Club information may be found here.
Useful links for information on the web may be found here.
A list of recent events may be found here.

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