Anna Villalobos, a teacher at the Regional Occupation Center, which teaches vocational classes to high school students, came by to talk about her class that gets students involved in a small business through horticulture. They propagate succulents for sale. She brought along some plants as well.

Sydney talked about the upcoming yard sale and mentioned that there are some agaves that needed to be moved so they could be sold.

Frank Melvin and Sydney told us about Cuija (Opuntia brasilensis) the Plant-of-the-Month. A good pot subject that gets tall (as high as 66 feet in the wild). A small specimen was available to look at.

A bit more discussion was had about the recent freeze, with Aloes and Jade taking the biggest hits it seems.

Mark Muradian from the Fresno club then gave us a talk on Northern Argentine. Not only did we see great pictures of cacti like Gymnocalycium, Rebutia, Trichocereus, and Cintia, and fantastic geologic formations, we were also treated to samples of Cactus lumber and license plates. As usual it was a well like presentation and Mark brought a whole table full of his pots to sell.