Description
MARCH 2009 CONTENTS:
- The Melocactus in eastern Brazil: part I – an introduction to Melocactus by Marlon Machado
- BCSS Photo Competition 2008 by Derek Tribble & Brian McDonough
- Maybe the most beautiful botanical garden in South America by Henk and Margreet Damsma
- In memoriam: Elsie and Will Tjaden by Bill Maddams
- Cacti of the Chancay and Chillon river basins, Lima, Peru: a research and conservation study by Dr Carlos Ostolaza, Dr Guillermo Pino, Mercedes Flores MSc, Aldo Ceroni MSc, Natalie Ramirez, Johanna Cortez, Jessica Vargas and Lourdes Salinas
- Aloe johannis-philippei, a new Aloe (Asphodelaceae) from the high mountains of central Madagascar by Jean-Bernard Castillon
- Notes on general cultivation: maintenance of compost acidity by Ray Allcock
- Coryphantha kracikii by Kathy Flanagan
- Literature review
- Cactus Talk
- Forum report
Front cover: The lizard Tropidurus hispidus, whose mouth is filled with a fruit of Melocactus glaucescens (near Morro do Chapeu, Bahia). Few will ever have witnessed this fantastic split-second moment of time that was captured on camera by Marlon Machado, who gives us new insights in this issue into the world of Brazilian melocacti.
