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CACTUS COURIER Newsletter of the Palomar Cactus and Succulent Society the North San Diego County Cactus and Succulent Society CACTUS COURIER Newsletter of the Palomar Cactus and Succulent Society The North San Diego County Cactus and Succulent Society Volume 63, Number 11 November 2018 NEXT MEETING This Month’s Presentation: Sat., November 17th The New, Rare & Seldom Seen Cactus of Mexico By: Wendell S. (Woody) Minnich *This is a week early!* Mexico is considered by many to be one of the richest regions Park Ave. Community Center in the world for cacti. From the United States to the north, to 210 Park Ave., Escondido its southern border of Guatemala, there are an amazing number of genera and species to be found. These range from Brag plants, Exchange Table, Benefit Drawing the tiny Turbinicarpus to the giant Pachycereus. Within the 11:00am - 3:00pm reaches of Mexico, there are many diverse geologic environments. These habitats vary from the coastal and inland low lands to its many high mountain niches. For almost 50 years, I have been lucky enough to have traveled IN THIS ISSUE most all of Mexico. Thus, my favorite regions for exploring Speaker Information p. 1-3 include the most popular Baja California, to the mysterious Notices p. 3 Sierra Madre Occidental, and the succulent rich Sierra Madre Holiday Party Information p. 3 Oriental. It is from these famous territories that the majority Plant of the Month p. 4 of the highly desired collector’s taxa are to be found. Show & Sale Recap p. 5 Volunteer Thank You p. 5 One might think that Mexico, being so close to the United Winners’ Table Photos p. 6 States, would have been totally explored and there would be Judges & People’s Choice Photos p. 7 nothing new to find. Nothing could be further from the truth! Photos of the Event, Links to Videos p. 8- 9 We are now finding new species of cacti and other succulents Show Winners’ List p. 10-14 at an astonishing rate. These new finds have become a reality Misc. Club Info. p. 15 mainly because of the construction of many new roads leading us into what was previously REFRESHMENTS unexplored territory. Coahuila, Durango and The November Sign-up List Zacatecas embody many was lost so please do bring of these remote regions where few explorers have some goodies! have had the opportunity to to botanize. And now, YOUR NAME HERE! these areas are rapidly opening up! (Cont. on p. 2) Mammillaria - newly discovered species Website mostly revamped! 2019 MEMBERSHIP – RENEW NOW! www.palomarcactus.org For 2019 we are again backing up the deadline to renew We’re on Facebook! memberships by one month as this is much less work for our Membership Chair. So the deadline to renew and to keep receiving Email: [email protected] th a newsletter after February will be February 28 . You may pay at with any questions. our meetings in November, December, January, or February, or you may print out a form or take one at a meeting and mail it in. The ever-popular genera of: Agave, Dasylirion, Fouquieria, Ariocarpus, Astrophytum, Aztekium, Echeveria, Gymnocactus, Mammillaria, Pelecephora and Turbinicarpus, are just a few of the genera where the addition of new species has become common. Due to all of the excitement and interest in these new plants, there have been numerous negative side effects that have evolved. This increased interest in these new plants, combined with the commercial powers of the internet/Google, has created new distribution avenues for the marketing of the rare and/or endangered species. Plants I have seen for many, many years are now facing new threats from commercial collecting. CITIES and the enforcement of local and international laws, regarding illegally collected plants, has had very little impact on curtailing the destruction of specific plant populations. This is especially true when plants are new or highly desired because of their scarcity in the collector’s circuit. Top: Agave albopilosa - These grow on the sides of steep cliffs! Come join me, as I will show you many of the new cacti and other Bottom L to R: Huasteca Canyon, succulents of Mexico. Also, I hope to share with you what is happening Echinocereus dasyacanthus, and Aztekium ritteri, to these wonderful plants, partly as a result of our new electronic world and the power of money! Wendell S. (Woody) Minnich 2018 Woody, as he is commonly known, grew up in the Mojave Desert and has had an attraction to desert plants and animals since the early 1950’s. He has been involved with the cactus and succulent world as a grower, field explorer, club and organization leader, writer, photographer, lecturer and presenter. Having been a speaker all over the world, Woody is most often associated with giving presentations on his field work from the places he has traveled, such as: Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Madagascar, Mexico, Namibia, New Zealand, Peru, Socotra, South Africa, the United States and Yemen. He is also recognized for having operated the nursery Cactus Data Plants since 1975. Woody’s show quality plants were often considered one of the standards for staging and horticultural achievement. His favorite genera include: Adenium, Ariocarpus, Astrophytum, Copiapoa, Cyphostemma, Fouquieria, Gymnocalycium, Lithops, Mammillaria, Melocactus, Pachypodium, Turbinicarpus and Pachycauls in general. Woody has published numerous articles in various journals and his photography is featured in many books including; “The Copiapoa” by Schulz, “The Mammillaria Handbook” by Pilbeam, “The Cactus Lexicon” by Hunt and Charles, as well as many others. As of this last November 2017, he is featured as the primary photographer in the new book “The Xerophile.” This book specializes in what the authors call “the obsessed field workers from around the world.” p. 2 Woody and his wife, Kathy, live in Cedar Grove, New Mexico. He is a retired secondary school teacher of 32 years where he taught Graphics, Art and Architecture. In the cactus and succulent hobby, Woody is recognized for his high energy and creative spirit. As an educator, he has become an important part of the hobby and thus is an honorary life member of ten C&S societies. With 45 years in the hobby and 64 years in the field, he has many experiences to share and numerous photos to show. ~ N O T I C E S ~ NOVEMBER BRAG PLANTS ~ LAST CHANCE TO EARN BRAG POINTS FOR 2018 GIFT PLANTS ~ ~ Everyone who has brought in Brag Plants or sent in Garden Brag Plant photos will receive a plant, with high points winners having first choice. This year we will have a few larger plants for the very top point winners. The updated point chart will be in the December Newsletter. SPELLING at the Show!!! ~ While it was a fantastic show with so many spectacular entries, there were an astonishing number of SPELLING errors on the entry cards, on the Advanced in particular. It took OVER 10 hours to make the corrections. So please, please, please check the list on p. 10 – 14 and correct your labels NOW! And handwriting, well that’s another story. Holiday Party ~ Saturday, December 8th This party is early this year, the second Saturday! SO, MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW. Please sign up at the November meeting if you are going to attend to make sure you have a seat and that we have enough turkey. If you miss signing up, please contact Brita. ~ Eleanore Hewitt will once again be cooking her delicious turkey thighs! Yeah Eleanore!!! ! ~ Lorie Johansen will be cooking turkey breasts. ~ Peter will be bringing a freshly smoked ham. The rest of the menu is potluck so be sure to sign up at thE NoVEmbEr mEEting, or contact Brita ASAP if you’re not able to be there but will be coming to the party. THERE WILL BE GIFT PLANT TABLES FOR – ALL MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE ~ VOLUNTEERS ~ BRAG PLANT POINT WINNERS! TABLE DECORATIONS ~ After two years of Evelyn Voth’s beautiful reindeer collection she feels that it is time for something new. So, put your thinking caps on! Do you have decorations or any ideas to make our tables festive this year? We will need your help so please contact Brita with your offers and ideas. Help is also needed in the following areas and you can sign up at the November meeting. If you miss that, please contact Brita if you can help out. ~ Table Decorations - Along with the needed centerpieces, we also need festive greenery - i.e. pine cones, pine & holly branches & berries. Starting at 10:30am we need help decorating the tables. ~ Set-up and Serving - Starting at 10:30am, we need help setting the tables and then people to help with serving the turkey to speed up the line. ~ Clean up Crew – You know the drill. Many hands make light work! * Plant of the Month * – Mammillarias By Lorie Johansen They are generally small, delicate plants, usually forming clusters, with a wide variety of color, spination and flowers. Carl Linnaeus described the first species as Cactus mammillaris in 1753, deriving its name from the Latin word “mammilla”, meaning “nipple” or “teat” which refers to the tubercles that are among the distinctive features of the genus. Spines grow at the end of small tubercles rather than on the ribs, and often include one or more longer central spines, which may be straight (pincushion cacti) or curved (fishhook cacti), surrounded by smaller radial spines. (Thus, the Mammillaria nipple categories of straight and hooked spines in shows.) Their flowers do not come from the apex, i.e. the highest part of the ‘nipple’, but from lower down in a ring around the upper part of the stem. Mammillaria spines are arranged according to the Fibonacci sequence*, which states that each lower row of tubercles equals the sum of the previous two rows.
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