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
PRESENTER FOR MAY IS: Brian Gold – “Name that Plant & Name that Flower” or “Que es la Planta y Que es la Flor” – a game or quiz type lecture.
Rob Roy MacGregor – “Alternative Ways to Propagate Cacti and Succulents”
Presenter for July is: Ernesto Sandoval "Propagation of Cacti and Succulents – Part 2".
PRESENTER FOR AUGUST: Woody Minnich - "The New, Rare and Seldom seen Cacti and Succulents of Mexico"
PRESENTER FOR SEPTEMBER IS: Peter Breslin
PRESENTER: Gary Duke “What Kind of Cactus Is It?”
PRESENTER FOR NOVEMBER IS: Tom Glavich - "Pelargoniums of Southern Africa"
Our annual Holiday Pot Luck will be held on Sunday, December 9th, our usual meeting date. The festivities will start at noon in the Auditorium. We will start set-up at 10:30 AM. Anyone with a flair for decorating or arms to help with table and chair set up is encouraged to come early. Phyllis DeCrescenzo…
PRESENTER FOR January IS: Laurel Woodley "Discovering Plant Taxonomy"
PRESENTER FOR FEBRUARY IS: Guillermo Rivera – “Argentina and Chile”
PRESENTER FOR MARCH IS: Rob Skillin - "Kenya, Land of Tropical Succulents"
NOTE CHANGED DATES !!
April 6-7th, 9am - 4pm
South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes, CA.
* Thousands of cactus and succulents for sale
* Hard-to-find plants
* Kids potting table
* Beautiful displays by expert growers
* Expert advice for beginners and advanced
PRESENTER FOR MAY IS: Ernesto Sandoval - "Forms and Functions of Cacti and succulents Inside and Out along with other Desert Dwellers!"
PRESENTER FOR JUNE IS: Gary Duke – “Landscaping and Micro-Climates for Small Yards”
PRESENTER FOR JULY IS: Attila Kapitany - "Botanical Gardens of Australia Tour" – featuring highlights and interesting surprises through a cactus and succulent collector’s eyes.
Cactus of the Month: Epithelantha, Frailea, Aztekium Succulent of the Month: Dyckia, Hechtia, Puya PRESENTER FOR AUGUST IS: Woody Minnich - "20 Years in the Atacama, Land of the Copiapoas" Similar to the coast of Namibia, the coastal and inland regions of northern Chile, known as the Atacama, is mainly watered by amazing fogs, “the…
Cactus of the Month: Variegated cactus Succulent of the Month: Variegated succulent PRESENTER FOR SEPTEMBER IS: Tom Glavich - "The High Drakensbergs" Tom will talk about a trip he took to the high Drakensberg's, a mountain chain in the East Central region of South Africa. Most of the trip was centered on the high-altitude country…
PRESENTER FOR OCTOBER IS: Gunnar Eisel _ "Astrophytum Revisited". Following the meeting will be Gary Duke's Seed Propagation Workshop for those who signed up.
Cactus of the Month: South American columnar cactus (Espostoa, Oreocereus, Cleistocactus, etc.) Succulent of the Month: Pelargonium, Sarcocaulon, Tylecodon PRESENTER FOR NOVEMBER IS: John Martinez & Nils Schirrmacher - Dudleya: Succulent Diversity in Our Own Backyard" Our local mountains are home to a plentiful and varied assortment of Dudleya. Each of the 11 species and…
Members only: Our annual Holiday Pot Luck will be held on Sunday, December 8th, our usual meeting date. The festivities will start at noon in the Auditorium. Check-in with the kitchen monitor when you bring your covered dish for 10-12 people. It can be a salad, casserole, side hot or cold dish or dessert. (please…
PRESENTER FOR JANUARY IS: Jeff Moore – “2019 SPINY SUCCULENTS: Euphorbias, Cacti, and Other Sculptural Succulents and (Mostly) Spiny Xerophytic Plants”
PRESENTER FOR MARCH IS: Woody Minnich - "Cactus and Succulent Conservation Around the World"
April 4-5th, 9am - 4pm
South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes, CA.
* Thousands of cactus and succulents for sale
* Hard-to-find plants
* Kids potting table
* Beautiful displays by expert growers
* Expert advice for beginners and advanced
PRESENTER FOR MAY IS: Russel Ray –“Nature’s Geometry Succulents”
Cactus of the Month: Opuntia, Tephrocactus, Cylindropuntia, Austrocylindropuntia. Succulent of the Month: Cissus, Cyphostemma. Meeting is cancelled
Cactus of the Month: Melocactus Succulent of the Month: Bromeliaceae (other than Tillandsia) Meeting will be held via Zoom invitation. Members to submit Mini Show photos by July 20Speaker via Zoom is Gary Duke, speaking on "NW Argentina - Places and Plants". Gary shows 26 cacti genera and 14 succulent genera, to include many species…
Jackson Burkholder will present a program via Zoom entitled, “The Botany of Cacti: An Introduction”.
PRESENTER FOR SEPTEMBER IS: Gunnar Eisel - “The Folklore, Enchantment, and Evolution of the C&S Hobby from 1894 to the present day”.
PRESENTER FOR OCTOBER IS: Tom Glavich - "Exploring Gasteria including Cultivars and Hybrids"
PRESENTER FOR NOVEMBER IS: Stephen McCabe "Cliff hangers and Flatlanders: Dudleya on the Edge"
Besides the opportunity to show your favorite plant at the this year's Zoom Holiday Party, we thought some may want to buy plants on the internet and Gary Duke and CactusQuest (Hunter) have produced a short video titled "Ethical Plant Shopping + CITES" to help you be legal in your shopping. Both he and Hunter…
PRESENTER FOR JANUARY: Brian Kemble - "History of the Ruth Bancroft Garden".
Presenter for February is Guillermo Rivera – “Cactus diversity in northwestern Argentina: a habitat approach”
PRESENTER FOR MARCH: Gary Duke - "Chile - Land of the Ancients"
PRESENTER FOR APRIL IS : Karen Ostler – “Staging”
PRESENTER FOR May: Laurel Woodley: Getting to Know Kalanchoes.
The Presenter is: Ernesto Sandoval – “Succulents: Liberated or Constrained in Containers?”
“Soil Mixtures and Watering Schedules”. The Presenters are: Maria Capaldo, Mike Short, Laurel Woodley and Gary Duke
Meeting has been canceled. See you in September!
The Presenter is: Jeff Moore - "Agaves: Species, Cultivars & Hybrids".
The Presenter is: Rod Haenni- “Growing Cacti and Succulents from Seed”
PRESENTER: Joe Stead 'Propagate it! Then put it in the ground'.
Cactus of the Month: North American Columnar Cacti (Saguaro, Cereus, etc.)
Succulent of the Month: Senecio (including Caputia, Curio, and Kleinia)
PRESENTER: John Trager - "Time for Taiwan"
PRESENTER: Kelly Griffin - “Oaxaca meanderings in search of succulents, plants, adventure and fun”.
Presenter: Jackson Burkholder: Sulcorebutia: A Virtual Tour through Bolivia
Presenter: Woody Minnich “The Cacti and Succulents of New Mexico”
Evidence of Covid vaccination required to attend the SCCSS Club meeting. Bring your vaccine card, as we will be checking at the door. No admission without evidence of vaccination.
