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March 2021 Times During the Year Based on Our Inventory TCSS BOARD Offi cers (ending December 31, 2022) President: Richard Wiedhopf • [email protected] Vice President: Vonn Watkins • [email protected] Secretary: Monica Wnuk secretary @tucsoncactus.org Treasurer: Cathy Robson Please see our Website Calendar for the next [email protected] rescued cactus sale. They are scheduled at various Newsletter of the Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society March 2021 times during the year based on our inventory. Board of Directors: Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society • Zoom Program Presentation • Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 7:00pm (terms expire December 31 of year indicated) Helen Barber (2023) TCSS Club Members receive a 10% discount Cacti at Anthony Gap Donna Ellis (2023) Presented by Root Gorelick Janice Johson (2023) Kris Thompson (2023) We need your “Eyes and Ears” to help us fi nd new Cactus I have seen spectacular cactus habitats in many countries, but, lay eggs, digging up my cacti in the process. My cacti are now Peter Ertman (2022) Rescue sites. Please email us as much information as surprisingly, my favorite cactus habitat is at the New Mexico- under several feet of snow. In addition to research on cacti, I Brad Haeckel (2022) you can from new project signs or from other sources to Texas border, just north of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, on the study evolution of sex, philosophy of science, mathematics for Penny Miller (2022) [email protected]. Attach a photo of the sign if four-lane high-speed NM Highway 404, four miles east of I-10 quantifying diversity, and academic freedom. In the mid 1990s, Steve Watts (2022) you can. Note, we do not remove plants from residences. and the town of Anthony. These are public lands in the Franklin I lived in Las Cruces, NM, but ironically never stumbled upon Keimpe Bronkhorst (2021) Mountains: the Sierra Vista Trail on BLM lands in New Mexico Anthony Gap until 15 years ago, as I was moving to Canada. Jessie Byrd (2021) Crystal Cannon (2021) March 2021 and Franklin Mountains State Park in Texas. Along an old Linda Heisley (2021) jeep track perpendicular to Highway 404, there are at least 21 species of cacti (see checklist, below). This is the only known CSSA Affi liate Rep: Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 7:00pm (ZOOM MEETING) locale in New Mexico for Coryphantha dasyacantha. Clumps of Bill Holcombe (2021) Cacti at Anthony Gap Coryphantha sneedii exist along the trail with over 100 stems. Presented by Root Gorelick Some specimens of Glandulicactus uncinatus have 8-9 inch Cactus Rescue: Donna Ellis [email protected] long spines. The largest specimens of Echinomastus intertextus Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 7:00pm I have ever seen are less than a hundred feet from the highway, Education: Laurie Naugle • [email protected] Teleconference Board Meeting with a dozen fl owers open at once. There are a profusion of Free Plants: Donna Ellis • [email protected] forms of the hybrid Echinocereus x roetteri, along with its two Florilegium: Margaret Pope • [email protected] TCSS Zoom Presentation putative parents. I will show photos of 20 cactus species here, Garden Tours: Patsy Frannea • [email protected] Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 7:00pm many in fl ower, plus the one natural hybrid. I will show another Librarian: Brad Haeckel • [email protected] The Folklore, Enchantment, and Evolution of the C&S Hobby 5-7 taxa that are probably also here, all of which I have seen Prickly Park: Linda Heisley • [email protected] from 1889 to the Present Day Programs: Vonn Watkins • [email protected] nearby, which I now need to make a concerted eff ort to fi nd Presented by Gunnar Eisel, President, SGVCSS when I next visit Anthony Gap. Refreshments: Patsy Frannea • [email protected] Executive Director, Cactus and Succulent Society of America Technology: [email protected] Research: Doug Rowsell • [email protected] Field Trips/tours: Rob Romero/Joie Guinta Acknowledgement Of Contributions [email protected] The Names Below Represent The Tucson Cactus and Echinomastus intertextus (11 March 2020) Vendor Coordinator: Dale Johnson • [email protected] Succulent Society Members And Friends Whose Donations Plant Sales: Crystal Cannon • [email protected] CHECKLIST: Field Guide Sales: Susan Durham & John Durham Helped Make This Year A Success. We Extend Our Sincere Cacti at Anthony Gap (21 taxa) books@tucsoncactus .org Thanks For Your Support. Coryphantha macromeris Conservation: Thomas Staudt Donna Osborn Coryphantha dasyacantha (= Escobaria dasyacantha) [email protected] Ginny Sonett Coryphantha sneedii var. sneedii (= Escobaria sneedii var. Newsletter Editor: Karen Keller • [email protected] Barbara Walker & Phil Feigin sneedii) Barbie Trapp Coryphantha tuberculosa (= Escobaria tuberculosa) Deadline for newsletter text or photos: Paul & Jennifer Butler Coryphantha vivipara var. neomexicana (= Escobaria vivipara Thursday, March 18 by 4:00pm Saori Nakagawa & Stew Neibert var. neomexicana) Sandra L Stephenson & Stephanie Mcandrews Cylindropuntia imbricata TCSS Web Page: Kris Jones Cylindropuntia leptocaulis www.tucsoncactus.org Echinocactus horizonthalonius Webmaster: Joe Frannea • [email protected] Dean & Jenny Brick Coryphantha sneedii (28 Feb 2020) Helga Egertson Echinocereus coccineus var. rosei For general information and questions related to Julie Hallbach & Don Featherstone I am a professor of biology (cross-appointed in both mathematics Echinocereus dasyacanthus TCSS, email [email protected] Junie Hostetler & Nancy Farrier and interdisciplinary studies) at Carleton University in Ottawa, Echinocereus x roetteri or call (520) 256-2447 during business hours. the capital of Canada, but seem to spend most of my days (= E. dasyacanthus x E. coccineus var. rosei) In Memory Of David Ilum Warren living at the end of a lake in Kawartha Highlands Provincial Echinocereus viridifl orus var. chloranthus Everyone is Welcome! Kyla Hankins Park. While this is boat-access (or snowmobile-access) Echinomastus intertextus Bring your friends, join in the fun and meet only, 8.5 km from the nearest road, electricity is supplied by Epithelantha micromeris the cactus and succulent community. In Memory Of David Jeff rey Hammack cables at the bottom of the lake, so is hardly rustic. My cactus Sonali Aggarwal • Kylee Kleiner gardens overlook the lake, so close that snapping turtles often Continued on Page 2 Continued from Page 1 Glandulicactus uncinatus var. ALERT & Warning to TCSS Members! Ferocactus wislizeni wrightii and Glandulicactus uncinatus var. wrightii Coryphantha Oncosiphon piluliferum Mammillaria lasiacantha sneedii (28 Feb 2020) In the TCSS May 2020 newsletter Bill Peachey alerted our In addition to the bright yellow “globes” of tiny fl owers, it Opuntia engelmannii membership to the presence of a new invasive in the Tucson has small fi nely divided, carrot-like, dark green leaves that Opuntia macrocentra landscape. I’m presenting a brief reminder to be on the are odiferous like carrots but that bear a very strong “stink” Opuntia phaeacantha (= Opuntia camanchica) lookout for this plant. In the past month, despite the long when they dry. The plants are said to grow to 6 to 24 inches Opuntia tortispina drought conditions and maybe assisted by our slight break in height. They can form patches that are dense enough to Nearby cacti that are probably also at Anthony Gap (5 taxa) with a bit of recent winter rain I have seen the emergence of choke out our native plants. They are wet winter-spawned Coryphantha robustispina this species in two separate locations in midtown Tucson. annual composites. Echinocereus fendleri Bill’s comment to uproot and bag this invasive is the key here. Furthermore, the dead plants are highly fl ammable as well as Echinocereus stramineus Thanks Bill. Mammillaria potentially able to cause severe allergic reactions. Also, there Mammillaria heyderi lasiacantha Thomas Staudt has been no mention of a native herbivore that may be able to Mammillaria meiacantha (11 March 2020) Conservation Chairman check the advance of this plant. Nearby cacti that may also be at Anthony Gap (2 taxa) On Monday, April 6, 2020 Linda Heisley, our Manager of Pima To prevent its spread in your garden or elsewhere in our Coryphantha (= Escobaria) sneedii var. organensis (= orcuttii) Prickly Park, uprooted the imaged specimen of an “invasive environment carefully uproot the plants and immediately Mammillaria grahamii species”. “bag” them in order to stop the “broadcasting” of their tiny Please join this Zoom program and enjoy a great program seeds! Watch for this plant – it is NASTY! It is called “Stinknet” or “Globe Chamomile” for its distinctive from Root Gorelick. It will be a very educational and bright yellow “globes” of tiny fl owers(up to 400 can comprise - Bill Peachey informational program. Also be sure to log in to win a $25.00 each globe!). gift certifi cate from TCSS. For further information, please visit : This plant originated in south Africa and made it to our west www.sdcwma.org/species/stinknet.php coast at San Diego and Los Angeles, California sometime in the 1980s. From there it invaded Arizona in the Phoenix President’s Message our website for your area of interest. Due to the Covid-19 virus area after 2000. Recently, with our unusual wet winter it has Guess What? It feels like Spring and our some of our programs are on hold but will become active as recently shown up in Tucson and Ajo. cacti and succulents are telling us that soon as it is safe for all participants. The offi cers, board and they are convinced it is. Leafi ng out, committee chairs are always available by email to answer any new growth and fl owering are pretty questions you may have. Again, Welcome. good signs that a winter that wasn’t, In our new membership system, if you have not renewed by has passed. Aloes are blooming and March 15, 2021 you will no longer be eligible to participate in hummingbirds are zooming. This is a rescues and will not receive member related email notifi cations.
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