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1 Volume 33 Issue 9 September 2019 On the Dry Side Newsletter of the Monterey Bay Area Cactus & Succulent Society Contents Contents 1 President’s Message 1 August Board Minutes 2 September Program 3 MBACSS Calendar 4 September Mini-Show 5 Officers, Chairs 5 Member Update 5 President’s Message Save the Date MBACSS Meets Board Meets Future Meetings September 15, 2019 Gathering @ 12:00 Potluck @ 12:30 Program: 1:00 September 15, 2019 Board @ 11:00 Members welcome Third Sundays Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 1716 1960 Freedom Blvd. Watsonville, CA During the September meeting we will focus on preparations for our 2019 Fall Show & Sale, scheduled for October 5 th &6 th in San Juan Bautista. This is our major fund-raiser for the last quarter of the year, and a significant part of the first of our purposes: 1. Promotes a friendly exchange of ideas and information about the study, collection, culture and propagation of cacti and succulents; 2. Conducts activities such as programs, field trips, and speakers, and maintains a library; 3. Fosters scientific study of cacti and succulent by supporting grants and special projects by qualified investigators. We have been doing quite well in all three of these areas. We are having a fine series of speakers. The presentation during our September meeting is a change of pace that will be interesting and educational. We’ll soon look differently at our plants! This year we are addressing Purpose #3 by making a substantial contribution to the CSSA’s Research Program. We should receive a report of that program’s achievements and information on how the CSSA used our timely contribution to support research. (We should also receive a report of the research findings.) We return now to the first of our purposes, which we pursue every month through our meeting activities, and twice each year through our Show & Sale events. Sure, these occasions are vitally important fund-raisers, but they are also educational sessions, designed to encourage interest in collecting, growing and propagating succulents. As always, we need your support to make the Show & Sale a success. See the Members Update section of this newsletter for a call for your volunteer participation. An Arizona Garden scene at Stanford University
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Volume 33 Issue 9 September 2019
On the Dry Side Newsletter of the Monterey Bay Area Cactus & Succulent Society
Contents Contents 1President’sMessage 1AugustBoardMinutes 2SeptemberProgram 3MBACSSCalendar 4SeptemberMini-Show 5Officers,Chairs 5MemberUpdate 5
President’s Message
Save the Date MBACSS Meets Board Meets Future Meetings September 15, 2019 Gathering @ 12:00 Potluck @ 12:30 Program: 1:00
September 15, 2019 Board @ 11:00 Members welcome
Third Sundays Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 1716 1960 Freedom Blvd. Watsonville, CA
DuringtheSeptembermeetingwewillfocusonpreparationsforour2019FallShow&Sale,scheduledforOctober5th&6thinSanJuanBautista.Thisisourmajorfund-raiserforthelastquarteroftheyear,andasignificantpartofthefirstofourpurposes:
1.Promotesafriendlyexchangeofideasandinformationaboutthestudy,collection,cultureandpropagationofcactiandsucculents;
2.Conductsactivitiessuchasprograms,fieldtrips,andspeakers,andmaintainsalibrary;
3.Fostersscientificstudyofcactiandsucculentbysupportinggrantsandspecialprojectsbyqualifiedinvestigators.
Wehavebeendoingquitewellinallthreeoftheseareas.Wearehavingafineseriesofspeakers.ThepresentationduringourSeptembermeetingisachangeofpacethatwillbeinterestingandeducational.We’llsoonlookdifferentlyatourplants!
ThisyearweareaddressingPurpose#3bymakingasubstantialcontributiontotheCSSA’sResearchProgram.Weshouldreceiveareportofthatprogram’sachievementsandinformationonhowtheCSSAusedourtimelycontributiontosupportresearch.(Weshouldalsoreceiveareportoftheresearchfindings.)
Wereturnnowtothefirstofourpurposes,whichwepursueeverymonththroughourmeetingactivities,andtwiceeachyearthroughourShow&Saleevents.Sure,theseoccasionsarevitallyimportantfund-raisers,buttheyarealsoeducationalsessions,designedtoencourageinterestincollecting,growingandpropagatingsucculents.
Asalways,weneedyoursupporttomaketheShow&Saleasuccess.SeetheMembersUpdatesectionofthisnewsletterforacallforyourvolunteerparticipation.
AnArizonaGardensceneatStanfordUniversity
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Minutes—August Board Meeting
BoardMembersPresent:NaomiBloss,MaryCross,TomKarwin,LidiaHernandez,SharonLucchesi,SarahMartin,JorgeQuiñonez,GaryStubblefield
Absent:StanVerkler
MeetingcalledtoorderbyTomKarwin
MinutesfromMay2019:ApprovedaspublishedinOntheDrySide,June2019.
Chairpersons’Reports
Treasury:LidiaHernandezreportedthatsheprovidedachecktotheCSSAResearchProgram,fortheSociety’seducationalcontributionfor2019.ThecheckhasnotyetbeencashedbytheCSSA.
Membership:MaryCrossrecommendsendingpostcardsfortheShow&SaleusingBulkMailratherthanFirstClasstoreducepostagecosts.
SunshineCommittee:SharonLucchesimailed“GetWell”wishesfromtheSocietytoMBACSSMembersRaeDeanSoitoandKarenValentine.
Program:SarahMartinreportedourspeakerforSeptemberwillbeRussellWagner,whowillbringhishigh-poweredmicroscope.Wewillgetmagnifiedviewsofsomeofhisplants,mostlyconophytumtypes.
CSSA:JorgeQuiñonezattendedtheAffiliates’MeetingattheCSSAConvention.ThehealthoftheCSSAwasdiscussed.Participantssharedideasrelatedtoencouragingyoungpeople,outreach,recruitmentandretention.Giftmembershipsalsowerediscussed.The2021CSSAConventionwilltakeplaceinDenver,Colorado.
Therewasalsodiscussionaboutadding“HowTo”articlestonewsletters.TheBoarddiscussedwhetherornotsucharticlesareappropriateforanewsletter,orforotherchannels,e.g.,thewebsiteorFacebookpage.
OldBusiness
TheFranchiseTaxBoardhasidentifiedanissuewithSociety’sstatetaxreturnfor2018.TomKarwinhaswrittentotheFranchiseTaxBoardresolveamiscommunicationissue.
NewBusiness
JorgeQuiñonezsuggestedinvestingaportionofourfundbalanceinaCDorMoneyMarketaccountthroughWellsFargo(ourbank).Evenaninterestrateof1.9%couldyieldadecentreturn.Thiswouldonlybeaportionofourmonies,soastomaintainliquidityasneeded.Theboardwasreceptivetotheconcept.Morediscussionwillbeonnextmeeting’sagenda.
FallShow&Sale
PeterBeiersdorferhasinvitedprospectivevendorstotheevent.Theboardisawaitinghisreportontheirresponses.VendorsmustbecurrentmembersofMBAC&SSinordertosell.
GaryStubblefieldhasgiventhelayoutoftheeventtoPeter.Garywillbetravellingandwillnotbeattheevent.LidiaHernandez.willmeetthetablerentalcompanyfordeliveriesonFridayandpickuponMonday.
RemembertohavechecksmadeouttotheMBACSS,nottoLidiaHernandez.
GaryStubblefieldaskedforsomeonetoplacesixShow&SalesignageinSanJuanBautista,JorgeQuiñonezkindlyacceptedthistask.GarywilldeliverthesignstoJorge.
WealsodiscussedcreatingeitherbookmarksorbusinesscardswithourMBAC&SSmeeting/showinformation—notsurewewouldhavethetimetocreatethisbefore2019Fallshow.
HappyNews~OurSarahMartinSegaliswithchild.Babyisduemid-January.
Meetingadjourned12:15PM
MinutesbySharonLucchesi
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September’s Program
Adventures in Succulent Microscopy ByRussellWagnerwithSarahSegal
FeelingExperimental?Well,thismonthwearebringingyouanentirelynewprograminthehistoryofsucculent-clubprogramming!RussellWagnerteamsupwithSarahSegaltopresent“AdventuresinSucculentMicroscopy,”aliveendeavortoexplorethemicrocosmavailabletoanyonewhoownsasucculentplant.
Ofcourse,everysucculentgrowerkeepsa10xloupehandyforobservingmealybugs,thefinefuzzongibbaeum,thewilyhairsofKalanchoe,orthesplitanthersofacactusflowerspillingpollen.Ordothey?Well,ifyouhaven’texploredtheeasilyaccessiblemicro-worldofsucculents,let’sputsomecactusspinesunderadigitalscopeandseewhatthereistosee!
Here’sthedeal:Russellwillbringtenthingstolookatunderthescope,andyou,theaudience,aretaskedwithbringinginatleastonethingtoshowoffundermagnification:thesubtlesheenofaplant’sskin,thetinyflowersofsomerarebulb,aninfestationofspidermite?Youdecide!Let’sdiscovertogetherthebeautiesandhorrorsoftheseedsandhairs,thepetalsandpustules,ofourfavoriteplants.You’llneverlookatyourplantsthesameagain!Wemaynothavetimetolookateverythingbroughtin,butwecangetsomeideas,atleast,orwheretobegin.
Russellplanstojusttalk—tosharethoughtsandideaswiththeclubabouttheevolutionofthesemicroscopicstructures,andtheweirdandvariedwaysweallcanexploreandenjoyourcollectionsupcloseandinperson.Tore-discoverourplants,toenjoytheminnewways,soeventhesameoldcollectionalwayshassomethingnewtooffer‚takescreativeplay,andthat’sjustwhatwe’regoingtodo.
Addedbonus:bringinyourfavoriteloupe,microscope,orhandlensandshowushowyouliketoviewyourplantscloseup!
Thesurfaceofasucculentleadshowsthestomataandpatterns
(SlidefromWikipedia,notfromRusselWagner.)
Aboutthespeaker
RussellWagner,formereditorofCactusandSucculentJournal,worksinconsumerelectronicsinSanFrancisco,wherehecurrentlyenjoysbuildingmarijuanavaporizerswithPaxLabs.Althoughhisbackgroundisinchemistry,andhisjobtitle(entirelyunearned)is“engineer,”hispassionandvocationremainwithsucculentplantsandbulbs.Hisspecialties,asaprotegeofStevenHammer,areraremesembsandgeophytes,andhe’simpressedbyanything(amongplants)tiny.Youcanimaginewhyamicroscopewouldstrikehisfancy!
Plantsforsale
RussellisalsoamongtheBayArea’spremiergrowersofrareandunusualplants.Hissaletableisalwaysfilledwiththemostunusualandinaccessibleseed-grownrarities,andthismonthhewillhaveonofferafewrecentseedlings,aswellasahandfulofmaturespecimens.Salemethodsaresimple:Youpicktheplants.Russellnamestheprice.You’regoingtofind$3plantsnextto$100plants,andeverythinginbetween.
Don’tbeshy:thisisyouropportunitytoaskasmanyquestionsasyoulike,especiallyabouttheharder-to-growmesembsandbulbs.Becauseifthere’sonethingweknowaboutRussell,helikestotalkaboutplants!
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MBACSS Calendar for 2019 Month Program CactusMini-Show SucculentMini-ShowJanuary20 Stephen McCabe: Succulents under
threat: Poaching, fires, disease, and climate affecting Dudleyas
Espostoa, Cereus, Pilosocereus, Cleistocactus, Polaskia
Dudleya
February17 J.D.Wilkert:AmazingAdromischus Ariocarpus, Astrophytum, Aztekium, Discocactus
Aloe
March17 BrianKemble–Puyas:BromeliadRoyalty Ferocactus, Echinocactus, Carnegiea.
Aeonium
April13–14 MBACSSSpringShow&Sale10SanJoseStreet,SanJuanBautista,CA
April21 StanVerkler–VisittoNamibia Rebutia, Sulcorebutia, Sclerocactus
Echeveria, Pachyphytum. Pachyveria, Graptoveria, Graptophytum
May19 PeterBeiersdorfer—JourneytoEurope'sHawaiianIslands:Volcanos,Aeoniums,andSuper-SizedDaisiesofftheCoastofNorthernAfrica
Mammillaria, Melocactus Gasteria, Haworthia
June16 SarahMartin&SuzyBrooks—HypertufaPots
No Mini-Show Epiphyllum, Rhipsalis, Ceropegia, Sedum morganianum, Hatiora
July21 WoodyMinnich—Mexico,TheHiddenTreasuresofCoahuilaand20YearsintheAtacama,TheLandoftheCopiapoa
Opuntia, Tacinga, Miqueliopuntia, Cylindropuntia, Micropuntia
Euphorbia, Monadenium, Jathropha, Pedilanthus
August18 CountryStore September15 RusselWagnerwithSarahSegal—
AdventuresinMicroscopyPaordia, (Notocactus), Gymnocalycium, Blossfeldia
Crassula, Kalanchoe
October5–6 MBACSSFallShow&Sale10SanJoseStreet,SanJuanBautista,CA
October20 ErnestoSandoval—FormsandFunctionsofCactiandsucculentsInsideandOutalongwithotherDesertDwellers
Copiapoa, Eriosyce, Escobaria. Pereskia
Pachyforms (Caudiforms, Pachycaulis)
November17 TBA Best of your collection! Must be in a 6" pot or smaller!
Aizoaceae Family: See SucculentGuide.com for qualifying genera.
December15 ChristmasParty
PlantRaffleProviderSchedulefor2019JANPeterBiersdorfer(42) JULStanVerkler(30)
FEBGaryStubblefield(20);SarahMartin(10) AUGStanVerkler(30)
MARJeffBrooks(30) SEPMaryCross(20)
APRNaomiBloss(30) OCTSharonLucchesi(10)
MAYJQ(15);StanVerkler(20) NOVJorgeQuiñonez(15)
JUNDavidKurtz(24-30)epi DECn/a
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September’s Mini-Show Selections SelectionsbyJeffBrooks,InformationfromWikipedia
Cactus Succulent Parodia (Notocactus), Gymnocalycium, Blossfeldia Crassula, Kalanchoe
Parodiamagnifica,
HuntingtonDesertGarden
Gymnocalyciumbaldianium
Blossfeldialiliputiana
Parodia is agenusnativetotheuplandsofArgentina,Peru,Bolivia,Brazil,ColombiaandUruguay.Thisgenushasabout50species,manyofwhichhavebeentransferredfromEriocactus,NotocactusandWigginsia.Theyrangefromsmallgloboseplantsto1mtallcolumnarcacti.Allaredeeplyribbedandspiny,withsingleflowersatornearthecrown.Somespeciesproduceoffsetsatthebase.
Gymnocalycium,commonlycalledchincactus,isagenusofabout70SouthAmericanspeciesofcactus.ThegenusnameGymnocalycium(fromGreek,"nakedcalyx")referstotheflowerbudsbearingnohairorspines.TheirmainareaofdistributionisArgentina,partofUruguay,Paraguay,southernBoliviaandpartofBrazil.Mostspeciesarerathersmallvaryingfrom4to15centimetersinsize.
Blossfeldiaisagenuswithonlyonespecies,Blossfeldialiliputiana,nativetoN.W.ArgentinaandS.Bolivia.Itgrowsat1,200–3,500maltitudeintheAndes,typicallygrowinginrockcrevices,andoftenclosetowaterfalls.
Crassula ovata
Kalanchoeblossfeldian
Kalanchoebeharensis
Crassula is a genus of succulent plants containing about 200 accepted species. They are members of the Crassulaceae family (stonecrop) and are native to many parts of the globe. Cultivated varieties originate almost exclusively from species from the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Crassulas are usually propagated by stem or leaf cuttings. Kalanchoe is a genus of about 125 species of tropical, succulent flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae, from Madagascar and tropical Africa. Most are shrubs or perennial herbaceous plants, but a few are annual or biennial. The largest, Kalanchoe beharensis, can reach 20 ft tall, but most species are less than 3 ft tall. Kalanchoes open their flowers by growing new cells on the inner surface of the petals to force them outwards, and on the outside of the petals to close them.
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California’s Public Cactus & Succulent Gardens
Someofourmemberscouldprovideaquickoverviewofthistopic,butforthoselessfamiliarwithCalifornia’spublicresourcesforthosewhoappreciatecacti&succulents,heregoes.
Thiswrite-upwasinspiredbyarecentarticleintheSeptemberissueofMarthaStewartLivingabouttherestorationofthe“ArizonaGarden”onthecampusofStanfordUniversity.Reportedly,thisworkhasbeengoingonslowlysince1998undertheleadershipofJulieCain,assistedbyateamofvolunteers.TheSanFranciscoCSShasprovidedexpertiseandlotsofcuttings.Thegarden’scurrentcoordinatorisChristySmith,whotoldourownSarahMartinaboutthisarticle.
Thisgardenwasdevelopedintheearly1880s.IthasbeenseveralyearssinceIvisitedthisgarden,andfounditlookingabitneglectedandsparse,atthattime.I’mnowinspiredtoseetheimprovementsthathavebeenaccomplished.
Youcanreadthebriefarticleaboutitscurrentstatusas“anoasisofsustainabilityandstayingpower”byclickingonthislinktothearticle.
ThearticlementionstheStanfordgarden’soriginaldesigner,RudolphUlrich,atalentedandveryactivegardendesigneranddeveloperinthe1870sand1880s.InadditiontohisworkonStanford’sArizonaGarden,healsocreatedacactusandsucculentgardenatMonterey’sHoteldelMonte,whichisnowthesiteoftheNavalPostgraduateSchool.HedevelopedanothercactusandsucculentgardeninSanFrancisco’sGoldenGatePark;thatgardenappearssincetohavebeenreplaced.Heprovidedthecreativeenergy,artisticvisionandhardworkforseveralothergardensinCalifornia.Formoreinfo.,clickthislinktothearticle,“RudolphUlrich’sArizonaGardens,”inPacificHorticulture.
ThearticleincludesthisinterestingperspectiveonthedesignofCalifornia’spubliccactusandsucculentgardens:
TherearemanyspectaculardrygardenstobeseeninCaliforniatoday,includingtheDesertGardenattheHuntingtonBotanicalGardensinSanMarinoandTheRuthBancroftGardeninWalnutCreek,butthesegardensaretwentieth-centurycreations,andbotharelaidoutinanaturalisticstyle.TheArizonagardensaretrueVictoriangardens,uniqueintheirtimefortheirformallayoutandforthemanyrareplantstheydisplayed.TovisittherestoredArizonaGardensatMonterey,StanfordUniversity,andGoldenGateParkistowalkbackthroughtimeintotheflamboyanthorticulturalpastoftheGildedAge.
TheDesertGardenattheHuntingtonBotanicalGardensisa“must-see”fortheavid-—oraspiring—cactusandsucculentgardener.Itfeaturesmorethan2,000speciesofsucculentsanddesertplantsinsixtylandscapedbeds.Quotingfromthewebsite:“Themostsignificantcollectionsareagaveandrelatedgenera(Agavaceae),aloe(Aloaceae),terrestrialbromeliads(Bromeliaceae),cacti(Cactaceae),echeveria,crassula,sedumandrelatedgenera(Crassulaceae),euphorbia(Euphorbiaceae),andfouquieria(Fouquieriaceae).”
Foranoverviewofthisextraordinaryinstallation,browsetothislinkontheHuntington’swebsite.
Finally,theRuthBancroftGarden&Nursery,inWalnutCreek,providesastunningdisplayofcactiandsucculentsthatisrelativelynearbyforMontereyBayareagardeners.At3.5acres(theHuntington’sDesertGarden’s10acres),theBancroftGardenoffersanaccessibleexperiencewithagreatrangeofplants,verywellgrown.
TheBancroftGardenopeneditsnewVisitor&EducationCenterinlateJuly2019,providingaspaceforworkshopsandvariouspublicevents.
Formoreinfo,visitthislinktotheBancroftwebsite.
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Officers and Chairpersons, 2019 CHAIRPERSONS
LIBRARIAN—SuzyBrooksMINI-SHOW—JeffBrooksNEWSLETTEREDITOR—TomKarwinPHOTOGRAPHY—PaulAlbert,FredValentinePROGRAMS—SarahMartinPUBLICITY—SarahMartin,SharonLucchesiRAFFLES—GaryStubblefieldSALEFLOORMANAGER—GaryStubblefieldSALESLIAISON—PeterBeiersdorferSHOW—NaomiBloss&JanetSparksWEBMASTER—AnitaCrawley
Members Update
On the Dry Side Monterey Bay Area Cactus & Succulent Society http://mbsucculent.org
OFFICERSPRESIDENT—TomKarwinVICEPRESIDENT—NaomiBlossSECRETARY—SharonLucchesiTREASURER—LidiaHernandezMEMBERSHIPCHAIR—MaryCrossAFFILIATEREPRESENTATIVE—JorgeQuiñonezDIRECTORS–AT–LARGE
—GaryStubblefield—SarahMartin—SharonLucchesi
IMMEDIATEPASTPRESIDENT—StanVerkler
OneoftheimportantassignmentsforvolunteersattheFallShow&Saleinvolvesstaffingthecheck-outprocess.Thejobsincludeoperatingthecashregisterandboxingthecustomer’snewlyacquiredtreasures.Thisworkisbotheasytodoandenjoyablebecauseitinvolvesconversingwithgardenersthatarehappywiththeirnewplants.
Otherassignmentsincludeexitsecurity,managingtheplanthotel,roamingthesalesfloortorespondtoquestionsandmonitoringtheshowplantstodiscouragehanding.
ThereisalsoaneedforhelpinclosingdowntheeventattheendofthedayonSunday.Asmallcrewofenergeticvolunteersmakesquickworkofthisactivity.
PleasecometotheSeptembermeetingplanningtovolunteerfortheFallShow&Sale,whichwillbeonOctober5thand6th.Remember,thisisyourSocietyandyoucanhelpmakeitsucceed!
