photo by Stephen Cooley
photo by Les Oxford
photo by Les Oxford
photo by Stephen Cooley
photo by Stephen Cooley
| Issue 8:6 | THE CACTUS PATCH | June 2005 |
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BCSS MEETING May 10, 2005 Our May meeting was once again filled with a large number of members as well as a guest or two. President Vonne began by telling us about an invitation from the Camelia Society to a potluck on May 22nd. They were inviting all garden related clubs to come and enjoy the company of other plant enthusiasts. Also discussed was the upcoming BCSS Yard Sale to be held at Jack & Sydney’s house. Treasurer Maynard, who also has been a main force in getting our previous Show & Sale events going, stressed the need to get working on this year’s upcoming Show & Sale in October. He said that most of the work that needs to be done is now routine and anyone is welcome to help. A signup sheet was passed around for those interested. A Show & Sale planning meeting will be held soon, contact Maynard if you wish to lend a hand. Donna and Les brought in some great pictures from their recent trip to Mexico (Now, there’s a field trip idea!). Vice-president Bonnie got us up to date on the next few month’s meetings: June will be our Potluck in the garden at Cal State, July will be Gary Duke and “Echinocereus hybrids in the Jarillo Mts”, and August will be our always popular traditional end of summer eating meeting at the Cactus Valley restaurant. Our program, “Travels in Northern Argentina” was next with BCSS member and Cactus Data Plants nurseryman Woody Minnich giving another wonderful presentation. His travels this time started in Cordoba and headed north to Brazil. His route took him up to 15,000 ft in the Andes (yes, the cactus were there). Among the succulents pictured were many Gymnocalycium, Lobivia, and Trichocereus, which is what you might expect from Argentina. Also seen were Opuntia, Jatropha, Notocactus (now Parodia), Tephrocactus, Deuterocohnia, Tillandsia, a rare Pyrrhocactus, Echinopsis, Puya, Dyckia, Parodia, Cleistocactus, Chorisia (an Argentine Bottle Tree with an 8 foot wide trunk), Cereus, Abrometiella, Rebutia, Mauhenia, Rhipsalis, the miniature Blossfeldia lilliputiana, Oreocereus, the newly described cactus Yavia cryptocarpa, and Stetsonia. The tour ended at the spectacular Piranha river waterfalls at the Brazil border. Our meeting ended with everyone vying for the great plants that Woody brought as well as the plants in the raffle. |
photo by Stephen Cooley |
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photo by Les Oxford |
photo by Les Oxford |
photo by Stephen Cooley |
photo by Stephen Cooley |
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