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South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – January, 2024
2024-01-14
PRESENTER FOR JANUARY: Al Klein ” Growing Caudiciforms, Fat Plants”
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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!
Final Mini-Show Standings 2023
The final Mini-Show points totals for the year 2023.
2022 Holiday Party
The 2022 Holiday Party was well-attended (about 40 people) and marked 50 years of the South Coast C&SS.
Minutes
2022 Annual Plant
Cactus of the Month
Mini-Show Cactus January 2023: Mammillaria – Hooked Spines
Mammillaria is one of the larger genera in the Cactus family, and one of the most variable, but only some have hooked spines.
Succulent of the Month
Mini-Show Succulent January 2023: Caudiciform (Beaucarnia, Calibanus, Dioscorea, Fockea, etc.)
Caudiciform plants, also known as ‘Fat Plants’, are a grouping of many totally unrelated plants all having a fat, short, swollen stem-trunk.
