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, Albuquerque, NM, 3rd Friday, 7:00 pm.

President: CV Porter, 1817 Greta NE Albuquerque, NM 87112.
Affiliate Rep: Ralph R Peters, 505-293-6356, RPeters52@gmail.com, 1825 Shirlane NE, Albuquerque NM 87112.

Upcoming Events
Friday, August 20, 2010 Greg Smith will discuss growing plants from seeds. A demonstration of a simple method to use at home will be given. Materials will be provided for members to try their luck at this inexpensive and fun way to increase their plant collections. We will also discuss our display at the State Fair

September - State Fair display. The State Fair runs from 9/10 - 9/26 this year and will be closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Display setup begins at 5pm, Thursday, September 9. The display will be taken down Sunday, September 26 starting at 5pm.
Please signup to answer questions from the public. The current signup sheet may be found here: Signup sheet
Then contact Ralph Peters RPeters52@gmail.com to request a time.

Information
Plant information may be found here.
Club information may be found here.

Recent Events
November 21, 2008: A talk was given by Panayoti Kelaidis from the Denver Botanical Garden. He specializes is making outdoor rockeries using hardy succulents and cacti. His real emphasis is discovering new kinds of succulents (especially fromAfrica) that will grow outdoors in Denver.

January 16, 2009: Our speaker Woody Minnich discussed a recent trip to Brazil.

February 20, 2009: Ralph Peters discussed a backpacking trip into the Grand Canyon last April. Many plants were growing and flowering including fields of sego lilies, agaves, opuntias, Echinocereus engelmanii, ....! The scenery is pretty nice too!

March 20, 2009 Cacti of the New World: Succulents with Areoles, Their Growth Patterns and Lifestyles
Daniel Finley discussed the habitat (and some cultivated) photos of many succulent plants, especially cacti (endemic to the western hemisphere). Interspersed among the pictures are some discussions about their origins, unusual metabolism, distribution, and lifestyles, as well as Latin names, but no exams.

June 19th, 2009 at 7 pm Spring in South Africa, Steve Brack discussed his trip to South Africa in August 2008. Because of good rains, masses of wild flowers covered the landscape.

August 21, 2009 The Jewel Cacti of Mexico Woody Minnich will talk about all the miniature "gems" native to Mexico; cacti like Turbinicarpus, Epithelantha, Ariocarpus, and many tiny Mammillarias. They are all the tiny cacti that hide so well from view. He will show photos taken in nature so you can really see what they should look like.

October 16, 2009 - John Oberhausen talked about the CommunityGarden/Outdoor classroom at the Eldorado School Community Garden in SE Santa Fe. Many species of cacti and succulents can be grown in this cold climate! The cactus garden has received support from the CSSNM.

November 20, 2009 - The program showed an outdoor cactus and succulent garden in Colorado Springs. Leo Chance has packed his yard with many surprising cacti including surpises like Lobivias, Mammillarias, Notocactus, Gymnocalycium, and Echinocereus. Surprising succulents include Lithops, Othonnas, Euphorbias, and many other mesembs and South Africa material. The photos taken are very impressive, with many plants in flower, so very pretty.

January 15, 2010 - Sig Lodwig likes to have some plants blooming every month (day?) of the year! He talked about his choices for free-flowering cactus and succulent plants and how he grows them.

February 23, 2010 - Guillermo Rivera presented a talk on the cacti and bromeliads of Peru, wonderful ancient archeological ruins like Machu Picchu and fantastic scenic areas.

March 19, 2010 - "Shows, Showing and Judging." by Woody Minnich.

May 21, 2010 - Jean Brody--"Travels through Maya County".

Saturday, June 5, 2010 Santa Fe and Los Alamos field trip! We visited the community garden (including cacti & succulents) that John Oberhauser has organised. Sig Lodwig in Los Alamos invited us up for a visit to his marvelous greenhouse and garden.

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