The Cactus Family - new book and an upcoming Eastern Cactus and Succulent Conference Aug 16
The 16 th Eastern Cactus & Succulent Conference in Chelmsford , MA Aug .15 -17 will be held as scheduled. Speakers include Steven Hammer - of the Sphaeroid Institute, California, international authority on Mesembryanthemums , Haworthia and other South African succulents. Ernst van Jaarsveld - Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens, South Africa, internationally known authority on Gasteria and the Flora of South Africa. Panayoti Kelaidis - Denver Botanic Garden, intl . authority on hardy succulents and alpines. Mark Dimmitt PhD - Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Adenium , Pachypodium , Trichocereus & more. Dennis Cathcart - of Tropiflora , Florida, explorer and grower of bromeliads . Click here to go to the conference website for all the information. The end all be all 776-page book of cactus has been released by Timber Press. The Cactus Family by Edward F. Anderson , Foreword by Wilhelm Barthlott and a chapter on cactus cultivation by Roger Brown. I could do no bett...