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    October Speaker: Ethiopia 2018
    Kirsten Higgins
    • Sep 24, 2018
    • 1 min

    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...
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    July Speaker: Freaky Flowers -
Echinopsis Flowers in Bloom
    Kirsten Higgins
    • Jul 7, 2018
    • 1 min

    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...
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    April Speaker: Copiapoa cacti in Chile: location, location, location
    Kirsten Higgins
    • Apr 10, 2018
    • 1 min

    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...
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    March Speaker: The New, Rare & Seldom Seen Cacti & Succulents of Mexico
    Kirsten Higgins
    • Mar 4, 2018
    • 3 min

    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...
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    January Speaker: Soft Succulents
    Kirsten Higgins
    • Dec 21, 2017
    • 1 min

    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...
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    October Speaker: New Tools to Save Vanishing Plants - Innovative Conservation Strategies 
for Cacti
    Kirsten Higgins
    • Oct 2, 2017
    • 1 min

    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...
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    September Speaker: Aloes of Uganda -  
The makings of a field-guide and the story behind naming a ne
    Kirsten Higgins
    • Sep 8, 2017
    • 2 min

    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....
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    August Speaker: Treasures of the Sierra Madre, Part 2: San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas and  Southern Nue
    Kirsten Higgins
    • Jul 22, 2017
    • 1 min

    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...
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