34th Inter-City Cactus and Succulent Show and Sale 9:00 – 5:00 August 10 – 11, 2019 Los Angeles County Arboretum Advancing your Cactus & Succulent Collection Most of us began our succulent journey pushing a shopping cart down the aisle of the garden department. A colorful succulent caught our eye. Then another one. A yard, patio, or windowsill was now enhanced by our new treasures. We slowly added more and more plants until we had curated a nice collection. Echeverias, Aeoniums, Euphorbias, and the odd cactus. We killed a few but didn’t know why. What soil should we use? How much light do they really need? How much or little should we be watering? We wanted to learn more, and to discover more interesting types of cacti and succulents. We joined a cactus club and went to our first show. The Inter-City Show is a result of the combined efforts of three of the largest local cactus and succulent clubs, Los Angeles, San Gabriel Valley, and Long Beach. The event is not merely a fundraiser for the clubs, but rather an opportunity for the public to learn about these truly amazing plants. Well over 1,000 specimen plants will be displayed in our show, featuring cactus and succulents that are native to six continents, special plants grown and cared for over the course of many years. The Inter-City Show is truly the Comic-Con of the cactus world. The sales area gives the succulent graduate the opportunity to advance their own collection. Thousands of plants will be available for sale, brought by two dozen vendors from around the country. Many of these plants are specialty plants, uncommon and unusual and need extra care with watering, light, and growing conditions. But that’s what happens when you graduate: you move on to more advanced challenges. These otherworldly plants will reward their owners with colorful flowers or intricate caudexes. Education is a key component of the Inter-City Show. The numerous walk and talks allow visitors to learn something new about cultivation. These intimate gatherings afford attendees the opportunity to ask questions from experts in a variety of succulent fields, learning things you can’t find in a book or by browsing the Internet. But one of the most enjoyable aspects is meeting new people who share the same interests as you. Pick the strangest succulent passion out there, and you’ll find someone else that shares it. Over the three decades of our show, countless friendships have sprung up between attendees. Plant material swapped, information exchanged, and new seeds planted. We look forward to another fun and successful show this year, featuring some new succulent lovers ready to take the next leap. Entry Tags & Show Schedule Entry tags and Show Schedules are available at all clubs and to spend more quality time with the club meetings. If you are entering from out of town plants you love. If you haven’t spent time at a show, (or just desperate) and need either, contact John you will be amazed at the growing tips and advice Martinez at [email protected] or, (805) 390- that are freely given. It is a first-class learning 2139 or Tom Glavich at [email protected] or, opportunity. No previous experience and no plant (626) 798-2430 and we’ll mail them to you. Tags expertise (although you have more than you think) and the schedules will also be available during the is required. set-up days. If you are a novice, there will be people there to help with identification and placement. We Newsletter Editor all start as novices. Evelynn Stevens [email protected] Vital Numbers Web Master and Web Page Show Chairs Gunnar Eisel has maintained our Web Page for Tom Glavich 626-798-2430 many years. Access is through http://www. John Martinez 805-390-2139 sgvcss.com. James Lemos 626-201-5519 Sales Chair Jim Hanna 562-920-3046 Worker and Entrant Pre-Sale Show Treasurer The sales area will be open Friday from about Evelynn Stevens 626-303-1239 2:00pm (or earlier if there is a cashier and a cash register). This is a special pre-sale for workers and entrants. Get the first pick of the sale plants Your Help Needed! and pots. You are needed! Lots of help is needed for set-up on Wednesday morning, and teardown Sunday afternoon and night - let your show chairman know. Show Schedule Changes The table rental company will do the set-up. We just The show schedule this year is the same as last year. need to push the tables into the right positions and The show schedule can be found at: http:// add the tablecloths. All of the backbreaking work www.sgvcss.com. will be done by others. We need help setting up the sales area. The same is true for the sales, tabulations, holding Plant Entry and Take-Out Times area, etc. We particularly need help on Saturday morning when sales are the busiest. Sales and Plant Entry times are from 1:00pm to 6:00pm on holding area need help during the show, and Wednesday August 7, 8:00am to 9:00pm on everyone is needed to greet the public, answer Thursday August 8, and 9:00am to 4:00pm on questions, and just keep an eye on the plants. Friday August 9. All plants must be in place before 5:00pm to allow the start of judging. Take-out Wear your club badges! starts at 5:00pm on Sunday August 11. All plants A good crowd in the room makes for a better show. must be removed on Sunday evening. This is a great time to meet people from the other Shirts and Artwork Saturday Night Banquet and Auction This year’s T-Shirt design is Orbea namaquensis by The Saturday night Banquet and Auction has been a Tom Glavich. Do you have this plant? It would be show tradition from the start. It’s a great time to interesting to see a great display of this wonderful argue the fine points of showing and judging and plant. meet many fine people from the other clubs and from out of town. A feature of each of the Banquets has been an auction of spectacular plants (and most surprisingly affordable) from some of the best growers. These are often the ones that appear on the trophy table in years to come. Same great location as last year: Coco’s Restaurant Oak Tree Room 1150 W. Colorado Blvd. Arcadia, at the SE corner at Michellinda. Social hour starts at 5:30pm with dinner served at 6:30pm. The dinner will be the old favorite: Carved beef and chicken, with vegetables, salad, drinks and dessert. The cost of the meal is $33.00 for adults and $16.00 for children from 5 to 10 years, including tax and tip. Please contact Rebecca Mallonee for further information 714-299-1304 [email protected]. Make checks payable to ICCSS c/o Rebecca Mallonee 21160 E. Cloverland Dr. Covina, CA 91724. If you plan to attend the auction only, please register with Rebecca as the number of walk-ins is limited. Additionally, due to increased facility cost, walk- ins will be charged $5. Golden Sweeps! Due to the overwhelming number of auction plants, we ask that you let one of the Chairs The Golden Sweeps have been a part of our show for know prior to bringing plants. We have a two- several years. These are special pots awarded to plant limit and must limit the total number of those who win a first, second and third in a single plants. category in Class 1 (Cacti) or Class 2 (Succulents). Bring in those ‘extra’ plants that will give you a chance at these special awards. It’s no secret that these are easiest to win in the Novice class. We give Help your club! out about the same number in Cacti and Succulents, so bring what you grow best. Show your plants! Bring Your Friends! Congratulations 2018 Trophy Winners 20 18 Inter-City Award List CACTI Best cactus/novice Shaun Adams Mammillaria plumosa Best cactus/advanced Gunner Eisel Matucana pujupatii Best cactus/open Tony Marino Stenocereus eruca Best Native U.S. Cactus Tony Marino Sclerocactus pubispinus Best Argentine Cactus Kathryn Boorer Gymnocalycium pflanzii Best Chilean Cactus Gary Duke Copiapoa cinera Best Ariocarpus Miles Anderson A. bravoanus ssp. hintonii Best Astrophytum Gunner Eisel A. capricorne Best Cereus Tony Marino Haageocereus acranthis Best Echinocereus Tony Marino E. barthelowanus Best Gymnocalycium Miles Anderson G. vatteri Best Mammillaria Gregg & Anna Cavanaugh Mammillaria plumosa Best Opuntieae Tony Marino Grusonia reflexispina Best Rebutia/Sulcorebutia Bill Munkacsy R. heliosa Best Epiphytic Cactus Sharon Sedillo Rhipsalis salicornioides Best Crested Cactus Miles Anderson Turbinicarpus valdezianus Best Variegated Cactus Kathryn Boorer Ferocactus emoryi Best Exhibit Karen & Martin Ostler The Tribe Tephrocacteae Best Allied Interest Cindy Arakaki Euphorbia drawing Succulents Best succulent/novice Richard Salcedo Euphorbia cylindrifolia tuberifera Best succulent/advanced Chris Zaferos Dioscorea elephantipes Best succulent/open Petra Crist Cyphostemma uter v. macropus Best Caudiciform Chris Zaferos Psuedobombax ellipticum Best Madagascar non-Euphorbia Mike Hackett Operculicarya pachypus Best Anacardiaceae Petra Crist Pachycormus discolor Best Euphorbia non madagascar Nick Wilkinson Euphorbia obesa Best Madagascar Euphorbia Mike Hackett E. cylindrifolia ssp. tuberifera Best Agave Nick Wilkinson A. albopilosa Best Aloe John Martinez A. pearsonii Best Miniature Aloe Hybrid Bonnie Ikemura A. "Snowflake" Best Asclepiad Kal Kaminer Larryleachia cactiformis Best Crassula John Bleck C. sarcocaulis Best Echeveria Irene Chew E. cante Best Euphorbia Roger Lane E. species nova Best Fouquieria Nick Wilkinson F. purpusii Best Gasteria Steven Duey Gasteria hybrid Best Haworthia Chris Zaferos H.