San Gabriel Valley Cactus and Succulent Society
Next Club Meeting:
March 12th
Ayres Hall of the LA Arboretum: 7:30 PM.
Doors open at 6:00 PM
Plants of the Month are:
Cacti: Coryphantha and Escobaria
Succulents: Medusoid Euporbia
March Workshop: March 18
Palm Classroom of the LA Arborertum
7:30 PM. Doors open at 6:00 PM Seed Workshop
March Speaker: Steven Hammer
Steven Hammer has been watering
succulents since 1961 and snapdragons
and peas long before that. In 1957 his
Indiana-born Grandmother Ray, who
feared for his ruralian genes, came out
to pagan Santa Monica to show him how
to sow seeds, can green beans, and
make Boston brown bread. She
succeeded pro parte and he became a
lifelong baker, sower, and grower.
Steven is probably best known for his work with the hopelessly complex and beautiful genus Conophytum but has also investigated and resurrected smaller mesemb complexes like Marlothistella and Deilanthe. He lives and works in Vista at his Sphaeroid Institute, managed, if not entirely contained, by its Game Warden, Oakes Austin.
Program”
Mesembs From Z to A
“We have 26 letters in English but ca. 126 genera in Latin so I can only attempt a symbolic presentation of the more arcane obscurities, many of which have such interesting and bizarre adaptations. All of them bear the typical mesemb pinwheel flowers, doubled or simplified, and toughwalled seed pods.” – Steven Hammrt