Sunday 8 Feb 2015 at 1:30pm Paul Klaassen will speak on the exciting topic of FOG. Succulent plants that grow in foggy areas of the world.
March 8th, 2015, 1:30pm. Buck Hemenway – ‘Why We Love South Africa’
April 11th 9am - 4pm
April 12th 9am - 4pm
May 10th, 2015, 1:30pm in classroom A. Ernesto Sandeval - "Methods of propagation at the UC Davis Botanical Conservatory".
June 7th (FIRST Sunday !!!), 2015 1:30pm. Laurel Woodley "Discovering Kalanchoes".
Our very own Gary Duke. On the Cacti Trail in Southern Peru (Peru Part II)
Wendell S. (Woody) Minnich "Madagascar: the Plants, People and Places".
Sep 13, 2015, 1:30 pm. Attila Kapitany "Australian Rock and Tree Dwelling Succulents."
Oct 11, 2015, 1:30pm. Nels Christianson will be describing the first half of the 2015 CSSA pre-convention tour to northeastern Mexico.
Pediocactus simpsonii PRESENTER FOR NOVEMBER is Rob Skillin, from the Central Coast Cactus and Succulent Society in Santa Barbara. This month's program will feature two little known genera of American cacti: Pediocactus and Sclerocactus. His program highlights the best of 25 years of field study during which Rob photographed all species of the two groups, as well…
Sorry, this is an SCCSS members only event.
Michelle Cloud-Hughes presents “Hiding in plain sight: a new cactus species from the California Desert.”
Marquita Ellias - "Botanical Names Decoded" Feb 14, 2016, 1:30pm.
Ernesto Sandoval: "The ABC's of Growing African Bulbs"" Mar 13, 2016, 1:30pm.
South Coast Cactus and Succulent Society Show & Sale 2016 Apr. 9-10, 9am - 4pm South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes, CA Info: 310-618-9886 Photos from SCCSS Show & Sale 2015
NOTE: We will meet in the classroom not the auditorium. PRESENTER FOR MAY: Jeremy Spath: Exceptional Succulent Plants in South African Habitat Jeremy will be speaking on his recent trip to South Africa. His photographs are exceptional. He may also bring a few plants to sell. (More details may follow later) Jeremy began his plant…
PRESENTER: Gary Duke - “Landscaping and Micro-Climates for Small Yards”
PRESENTER FOR JULY: Brian Kemble: Gasterias - South Africa's Big Smile. Why...
PRESENTER FOR AUGUST: Bob Caplan - Acts of Cactography on an Otherwise Dull Afternoon
Woody Minnich: Mexico, The Hidden Treasures of Coahuila.
"A Questions of Sex" is all about propagation of succulent plants. It includes a few of the more interesting, as well as vanilla, approaches to reproduction. Different kinds of vegetative propagation and hybridization are also discussed.
PRESENTER FOR NOVEMBER IS; Stephen McCabe – “Dudleya Conservation: Threats and New Species”
Our annual Holiday Pot Luck will be held on Sunday, December 11th, our usual meeting date.
Cactus of the Month: Notocactus, Parodia Succulent of the Month: Aloe PRESENTER FOR JANUARY IS: Marquita Ellias -The Canary Islands – They’re out of this World! Marquita Ellias will take the audience to space and then return them to the Canary Islands to witness adaptive radiation first hand. The program will include indigenous plants including Aeoniums,…
Presenter for February: Panayoti Kelaidis - “Designing Gardens for Succulents”
PRESENTER FOR MARCH IS: Jeff Moore - "Under the Spell of Succulents"
Apr. 8-9, 9am - 4pm
South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd.,
Palos Verdes, CA Info: 310-378-1953 or 310-618-9886
NOTE: The May meeting is in classroom B, not the auditorium, space is at a premium. PRESENTER FOR MAY IS: Ernesto Sandoval - "Aloes". Cactus of the Month: Mammillaria (clumping). Succulent of the Month: Euphorbia (African, not from Madagascar). Aloe has a long ethnobotanical and medicinal history around world. Ernesto will look at the family…
NOTE: This meeting is on the third Sunday. PRESENTER FOR JUNE IS: Gary Duke - "Bolivia - Part I". Cactus of the Month: Opuntia, Tephrocactus. Succulent of the Month: Cissus, Cyphostemma. Gary describes his travel with Guillermo Rivera through the Bolivian altoplano via La Paz, Cochabamba, Sucre, Potosi, Carmago to Tarija. He has pictures of over…
PRESENTER FOR JULY IS; Keith Taylor - "Pots and a Different Approach to Staging".
PRESENTER FOR AUGUST IS: Woody Minnich - "Socotra". Woody Minnich will present slides of his trip to Socotra, a place many of us will never have the chance to see. We will discover that many plants in our own collections come from this remote island, south of Yemen in the Arabian Sea. Woody is an excellent…
PRESENTER FOR SEPTEMBER IS: Gunnar Eisel – “Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder: Our Wonderful and Weird Hobby”
PRESENTER FOR OCTOBER IS: Tom Glavich - "Euphorbias, A Survey and How to Grow Them".
PRESENTER FOR NOVEMBER IS: Ernesto Sandoval - "Propagation of Cacti and Succulents". Ernesto describes soil mixes, watering, fertilization and how to grow our favorite plants from seed.
December 10th, from Noon to 2 PM Our annual Holiday Pot Luck will be held on Sunday, December 10th, our usual meeting date. The start time is noon. We will be in the auditorium. We will start set-up at 10:00 AM. Anyone with a flair for decorating or arms to help with table and chair…
PRESENTER FOR JANUARY IS: Marcia Tatroe – “Rockin’ with Cacti and Succulents“.
PRESENTER FOR FEBRUARY IS: Greg Krehel, - "Freaky Flowers: Echinopsis Flowers in Bloom"
PRESENTER FOR MARCH IS: Jeff Moore - "Soft Succulents"
South Coast Cactus and Succulent Society Show & Sale 2018 Apr. 7-8, 9am - 4pm South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes, CA Info: heidihusnak@gmail.com Photos from SCCSS Show & Sale 2015
