Issue 7:5 THE CACTUS PATCH May 2004

PLANT OF THE MONTH

Succulent Asclepiads

These would be any of the succulent members of the Milkweed family (Asclepiadaceae) which include: Hoodia, Caralluma, Desmidorchis, Duvalia, Frerea, Duvaliandra, Huernia, Huerniopsis, Fockea, Luckhoffia, Ophionella, Orbea, Orbeanthus, Orbeopsis, Ceropegia, Pachycymbium, Stapelianthus, Pectinaria, Piaranthus, Quaqua, Stapelia, Stapeliopsis, Tavaresia, Tridentea, Tromotriche, Echidnopsis, Edithcolea, Leachia, Lavrania, Notechidnopsis, Pseudopectinaria, Sarcostemma, Rhytidocaulon, Pseudolithos, Whitesloanea, Brachystelma, Cynanchum, Dischidia, Microloma, Pachycarpus, Raphionacme, Stomatostemma, Hoya, and Gonolobus - just to name a few.

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A Message From El Presidente by Matt Ekegren
Yard Sale Wrap-Up by Terry Skillin
Cactus by Maynard Moe
The BCSS Garden at Cal State by Linda Cooley
Diversity A Letter from Bruce Hargreaves

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