The BCSS holds regular online Zoom talks, with a range of expert speakers from Britain and abroad. Our talks normally take place twice a month on the first and third Tuesday at 7:30 PM GMT/UCT, BST in summer.
Please contact the talks team at if you have any suggestions or ideas for talks or a speaker.
- Bob Webb – Euphorbias II: Some spiny and spineless shrubs
Time: Tuesday 19 December 2023 at 7.30pm (GMT) Join Zoom meeting We are excited to welcome Bob Webb on his return to give us the second talk in his series on Euphorbia following his great talk in 2020. Euphorbia are… View Article - Detlev Metzing – Gymnocalycium – why I like them
Time: Tuesday 5 December 2023 at 7.30pm (GMT) Join Zoom meeting We are excited to announce that we have arranged for Dr Detlev Metzing, one of the world’s best-known authorities on Gymnocalycium to give us a talk on this spectacularly… View Article - Dr. Hazel Taylor – Plants and Animals of the Western Cape – Part 2
Time: Tuesday 21 November 2023 at 7.30pm (GMT) Join Zoom meeting Making a very welcome return to the BCSS Zoom talks is Dr. Hazel Taylor who will continue her travels through South Africa. Biography – Ever since I was given… View Article - Andrea Cattabriga – Slow Growing succulents: a natural approach.
Time: Tuesday 7 November 2023 at 7.30pm (GMT) Join Zoom meeting We are extremely pleased to welcome Andrea Cattabriga to talk to the BCSS zoom meeting on Tuesday 7th November at 19.30 (GMT) Andrea is widely recognised as one of… View Article - Ivor Crook – Pereskia: birth of the Cactaceae
Time: Tuesday 17th October 2023 at 7.30 pm (BST) Join zoom meeting We are so pleased to see Ivor return to us to give another talk. Ivor was one of the first pioneering speakers to give a BCSS Zoom talk so… View Article - Elisabeth Sarnes – Galapagos – A Nature Paradise
Time: Tuesday 3rd October 2023 at 7.30 pm (BST) Join zoom meeting We are so excited to announce that one of our most popular speakers is returning to give us a talk on this very special place. Elisabeth is one of… View Article