Monthly Speaker

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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