Cactus and Succulent Society of New Mexico

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.

Upcoming Events
Friday, February 17: Dan Finley will talk about Ferocactus, and a few close friends: their habitats, descriptions, "likes" and dislikes, distributions, and perhaps a few comments about their botanical history with an array of photographs in habitat and in cultivation


Ferocactus diguetii, in habitat on an island in the Gulf of California.	Ferocactus glaucescens, in association in habitat with Mammillaria geminispina, in "the Valley of the Old Men" in Mexico.	Ferocactus lindsayi, growing in habitat along the Rio Infiernillo on the southern Pacific coast of Mexico. The ambient temperature was 97 degrees, and it was the very dead of winter.

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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