Issue 8:10 THE CACTUS PATCH October 2005

PLANT OF THE MONTH

SUCCULENTS OF SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa is a treasure trove of succulent plants. Included are nearly all the mesembs, as well as some Caudiciforms and many other well-known succulents like the crassulas and aloes. Here is an incomplete list of genera to help you in choosing your plant of the month:

AdeniaConophytumHoodia
AdeniumCotyledonHuernia
AdromischusCrassulaKalanchoe
AloeDuvaliaLithops
AloinopsisEuphorbiaOrbea
AnacampserosFaucariaOrnithagalum
ArgyrodermaFenestrariaPleiospilos
AstrolobaGasteriaSarcocaulon
AvoniaGibbaeumStapelia
CarallumaGlottiphyllumTrichodiadema
CerariaHaworthiaTylecodon
Cheiridopsis


Euphorbia
Titanopsis
Conophytum
Aloinopsis

Lithops
Aloe
Huernia

REGULAR FEATURES
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 The Last BCSS Meeting
Plant Of The Month
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ARTICLES
Show & Sale Things To Do by Maynard Moe
On The Road by Bonnie East
Autumn In Sverige by Lynn McDonald
The Succulent Garden at Cal State by Linda Cooley
BCSS Show & Sale Classifications
Over-Cultured A Letter from Bruce Hargreaves

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