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October Speaker: Ethiopia 2018
Walker Young has worked at the Ruth Bancroft Botanical Garden since 2012. He has traveled extensively to visit plant habitats in South...
Kirsten Higgins
Sep 24, 20181 min read
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July Speaker: Freaky Flowers - Echinopsis Flowers in Bloom
Cactus enthusiast Greg Krehel is our Program speaker this month. In this talk, Greg will show us many of his time lapses capturing the...
Kirsten Higgins
Jul 7, 20181 min read
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April Speaker: Copiapoa cacti in Chile: location, location, location
In November of 2017, We traveled to Chile again for a revisit to some wonderful cactus habitats. This trip included as many cactus as I...
Kirsten Higgins
Apr 10, 20181 min read
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March Speaker: The New, Rare & Seldom Seen Cacti & Succulents of Mexico
Mexico is considered by many to be one of the richest regions in the world for cacti. From the United States to the north, to its...
Kirsten Higgins
Mar 4, 20183 min read
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January Speaker: Soft Succulents
The title of the presentation is 'Soft Succulents' (also the title of the book that the talk/powerpoint will follow). I chose to use this...
Kirsten Higgins
Dec 21, 20171 min read
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October Speaker: New Tools to Save Vanishing Plants - Innovative Conservation Strategies for Cacti
This is an overview of the recent news that the cactus family is the fifth most endangered plant or animal family on the planet and some...
Kirsten Higgins
Oct 2, 20171 min read
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September Speaker: Aloes of Uganda - The makings of a field-guide and the story behind naming a ne
Thomas has spent more than 20 years in sustainable agriculture, livelihoods, community development and humanitarian response work....
Kirsten Higgins
Sep 8, 20172 min read
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August Speaker: Treasures of the Sierra Madre, Part 2: San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas and Southern Nue
Brian Kemble has returned again and again to Mexico to investigate its amazingly rich flora of succulent plants. This program covers 3...
Kirsten Higgins
Jul 22, 20171 min read
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