The BCSS holds regular online Zoom talks, with a range of expert speakers from Britain and abroad.
Our talks started once a week during lockdown, and reduced to twice a month in 2021 as life started to get back to normal. With a total of 117 in the series having taken place, we continue to attract a great many excellent speakers and a large UK and international audience. However, we have taken the decision to reduce the frequency to one talk a month, which is a step which other societies have also taken. We feel that this may help encourage members and friends of BCSS to attend branch meeting in person. We appreciate how popular these talks and that it may not be possible for many to travel to their local branch. The BCSS Talks Team remain committed to delivering an excellent series of talks in 2024. Indeed, we have a wonderful panel of speakers and talks already booked in.
Our talks will now take place on the second Tuesday of each month at 7.30 p.m. GMT / UCT (BST in summer). We hope that you will be able to join us. BCSS Members and friends are all welcome.
Please contact the talks team if you have any suggestions or ideas for talks or a speaker.
- Ascleps – Fascinatingly Different with Sabine Phillipp
We are extremely pleased to welcome Sabine Phillipp to share her presentation about Ascleps (or Stapeliads, if you prefer), which includes some amazing photographs of these plants. Sabine says, “Originally, I had a very colourful collection of cacti and succulents. By… View Article - Topic: Identifying the Multiple Drivers of Cactus Diversification with Machine Learning, with Dr Jamie Thompson
Time: Tuesday, 11 February at 7.30pm (GMT) Join Zoom Meeting We are excited to have Dr Jamie Thompson speak to us on a subject that will take us deeper than ever into the evolution of the Cacti that we love… View Article - Traveling in South Africa and Namibia with Finn Larsen
Time: Tuesday 14 January at 7.30pm (GMT) Join Zoom Meeting We are thrilled to have Finn Larsen give us our first talk of 2025, number 130 in the series, on a subject that I know we will all thoroughly enjoy…. View Article - Bolivia – from the Lowlands to the Andes – with Frank Derer
Time: Tuesday 10 December at 7.30pm (GMT) Join Zoom Meeting We are delighted to have Frank Derer give us our last talk of 2024. Frank was the first chairman of the Naturschutzbund Deutschland in Steinenbronn for 15 years. Apart from… View Article - Topic: My Scottish Greenhouse with Brian McDonough
Time: Tuesday, 12 November at 7.30pm (GMT) Please note that our talks now begin at 7.30pm GMT (not BST) Join Zoom Meeting In this month’s talk we take a slightly different but nonetheless fascinating angle compared to our recent talks. We are very pleased… View Article - Sansevieria – Resilience in the wild of Africa With Prof Paul Kamau Mbugua
Join Zoom Meeting:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88574367061?pwd=CvEQ88YabV9BysOvhOgPUpQNyYwdoI.1 Meeting ID: 885 7436 7061Passcode: bcss For this month’s talk we welcome Professor Paul Kamau Mbugua, a world authority on one of the most popular succulent plant genera, Sansevieria. These plants have always been popular with collectors and… View Article