Meetings are on the second Sunday of each month at 1:00 pm in the Frances Young Hall at:
South Coast Botanic Garden,
26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA 90274, USA
(About 23 miles south of downtown Los Angeles).
Next Meeting
South Coast C&SS monthly meeting August 2025
PRESENTER FOR AUGUST: Tom Mc Coy “The Aloes of Saudi Arabia”
Special Event(s)
Next Calendar Event(s)
Inter-City Show and Sale 2025
AUG. 15-17, Reservations Required, Fri Aug. 15 Sale only(no Show) 9am-6:30 pm Sat & Sun Aug. 16-17 Show & Sale 9am-5pm LA County Arboretum, 301 No. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, CA…
Huntington Botanical Gardens – Succulent Plants Symposium 2025
AUG. 29, 9am-3pm RESERVATIONS REQUIRED Info. Reservations- www.huntington.org, Symposium-call 626-405-3504 Huntington Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino, CA
Mini-Show Standings
Mini-Show Standings
Current table of points from Mini-Shows.
Mini-Show Cactus August 2025: Epithelantha, Frailea, Aztekium
Three cactus genera that are not so common in collections.
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We Aim To:
- Promote education and cooperation among hobbyists and others interested in the study, culture, and propagation of succulent plants, including cacti.
- Support the activities of organizations whose goals include the conservation of cacti and succulents in their native habitats.
- Learn facts, make friends, have fun!
Plant Nomenclature Syntax Page
We have a new page called “Plant Nomenclature Syntax” describing some of the rules of plant scientific names.
2025 Annual Plant: Mammillaria perezdelarosae
2025 Annual Plant: Mammillaria perezdelarosae from Jalisco, Mexico
Final Mini-Show Standings 2024
The final Mini-Show points totals for the year 2024.