MARVELOUS MESEMBS
Presented by Stephen Cooley
This month's presentation will be an introduction to the Mesembs. A Mesemb is a succulent member of the Aizoaceae (the "Mesembryanthemaceae"). In other words, what we in California usually call "Ice Plants". But, if you know them just as Lithops, Conophytum, and the green stuff along the highway, I hope you will be surprised and delighted to learn that there are over 100 other types (over 1,000 species), most of which do just fine in our corner of the Mediterranean Climate.