Description
JUNE 2016 CONTENTS:
- Editor’s comments by Al Laius
- Lotusland – a succulent paradise in Santa Barbara, California by Zlatko Janeba
- BCSS conservation project at Pichidangui, Chile by Roger Ferryman
- In my Aloe and succulent garden by Caryl Stutchbury
- The naturalisation of Carpobrotus edulis in Cornwall by Tony Clifford
- Fascination with Echinocereus pectinatus by Peter Berresford
- Variability of two Coryphantha vivipara varieties by Peter G Bish
- Cerro Petlanco: Heart of the valleys of Tehuacán and Cuicatlán by David Yetman and Alberto Biarqúez
- A new Aloe (Asphodelaceae) from around Tôlanaro, Madagascar. Comments on Aloe versicolor Guillaumin subsp. steffanieana (Rauh) by J-B & J-P
- Castillon
- Presidential potted plants – Euphorbia huttoniae by Colin Walker.
- Cacti from the lowlands of Lambayeque, Peru by Jorge E Romero Banda
- Nice plants, shame about the taxonomy by John Carr
- CactusTalk
Front cover: Echinocereus mombergerianus This tends to be one of the less commonly seen species of this popular genus. It was originally described by Gerhard Frank in 1989 and has been maintained as a good species by Taylor in the NCL. It originates from mountainous areas in northern Baja California, Mexico, and the type species was collected at around 2 000m. It is a rapidly clustering, well-armed species that appreciates a sunny position and a shallow pan in which to expand. Perhaps because of the elevation of its homeland it does not appear to have any problems with cold marking over winter, unlike some of its more touchy Ball cousins. The real delight in this one is in the freely-produced, bicoloured flowers which, whilst not the biggest by Echinocereus standards, do provide a nice contrast against the spines. (Photo: Peter Cupial-Jones)
