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Meeting Date/Time
June 7th
7:00 p.m.
July – No meeting
August – California
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Note From the President
Greetings again. Spring is a great time of year to live in southern Nevada, but as we
get into mid May most of the cactus flowers whither and fade and we confront those
triple-digit temperatures that define summer in Las Vegas. Speaking of hot, the hot
event coming up for those of us who share a love of gardening and plants is the
long-awaited opening of the Las Vegas Springs Preserve (LVSP) on June 8th, the
day after our monthly meeting.
I hope you will be joining us that Thursday evening, across the street from the LVSP
at the Garden Center in Lorenzi Park. We have a number of new members to
welcome and Victor, our VP and Programs Chair, has lined up an outstanding
speaker/presenter who will be doing a show-and-tell on growing cactus from seeds.
It will be something different and educational as well as entertaining, I'm sure. The
program will begin at 7 p.m. following our monthly Board meeting at 6 p.m., which
you are also welcome to attend.
One of the things we need to finalize at the meeting in June are some possible
summer field trips. Based on the membership response at the last meeting, we, the
Board, have decided to skip a possible trip to Arizona in June and put all our eggs in
one basket, so to speak, and make plans for a trip to Southern California in August.
This August trip is tentatively set for 18-19 August, departing early Saturday morning
and returning Sunday night. The plan is to attend the 22nd Annual Intercity Cactus
Show and Sale at the LA County Arboretum and Botanic Garden in Arcadia as well
as visit the Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Morino, CA. The club will provide
the transportation in the form of a 47-passenger coach. The only cost to members
will be one night at a motel and any meals and admission fees. Other club events
being considered for this summer are local, to include a tour of the Springs Preserve,
a BBQ in the garden, and a members’ gardens tour. You need to come to the
June meeting so you can give us your input on all these happenings. And if you
haven't already, check us out on our web site: www.csssn.org.
Phil Lawton
P.S. Don't forget to bring a plant to the meeting for our own version of show 'n tell.
There will be a prize for the ugliest plant. No, not really, but that might be a contest I
could win :-)
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Cactus points as of May How Points are earned
Jan-April May
Alsobrook, Ronald Attend Board meeting as a member of
Askew, Dick 45 15
Askew, Liz 55 20
the Board or invited club member
Bailey, Holly 30 0
Bernikow, Iris 80 15 Come early or stay late and help with
Betzler, Joey 60 20
Bishop, H.C. set up or clean up.
Brenner, Marilyn 45 10
Brenner, Michael 45 10
Brown, Audrey
Put on a program or become involved
Cadette, Don 60 15 with doing something extra special at
Cadette, Jeannie 75 15 the meeting.
Campbell, Ken 30 10
Cole, Mary Ann
Deadrich, Paul 45 10 Make a contribution to the newsletter
Doyle, Leslie 5
Duncombe, Pete 60 10
and/or web site.
Dutch, Irma 45 10
Furtek, Bob 30 10 Show up at monthly meetings.
Fusaro, Mindy
Fusaro, Pat
Garcia, Tom 75 15 One of the year end rewards is a paid-
Garrett, Paula 40 10
Holmes, Rick 30
up membership to the Springs
Horvitz, Tom Preserve: a family membership for our
Hupy, Rusty 15 Gold winners and an individual
Jones, Susan 20
Kent, Susan 55 25 membership for our Silver winners.
Kleinman, Mary
Kleinman, Sol
Korabell, Stan 10
Lawton, Mary 30 10
Lawton, Phil 85 20 If you wish to save the club .41cents
Lesley, Ramona 25 Postage plus the cost of printing
Lindsey, Miranda
Lindsey, Victor 50
please e-mail Liz at
Lynch, Bob 50 10 dicnliz7067@netzero.net
Nietling, Jay 30
Norton, John 20
Pedigo, Mark 50
Peters, Jim 20 “Yesterday is history
Pierce, Jim 40 Tomorrow is a mystery
Radcliff, Gunde 20
Russo, Paul N/A 10
Today is a gift
Schulz, William That is why it is called
Shaw, Barbara 20 The present”
Sheets, Mary 55 15
Shoaff, Steve 25
Siegfried, Rhett (thanks Mary )
Sinclair, Thomas
Steinline, Travis 10
Teppen, Bev 10 10
Thomas, Stephanie 55 10
Turner, Dave 35
Turner, Kris 20
Valenti, Sam 75 15
White, Christopher N/A 10
Zeitlan, Steve 15
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“Freeze Hardy Opuntia from the U.S.A.”
KAKTUSY , Special 2004/2; Author: Ivana Richter, ISSN 0862-4372
Periodical Review by Susan Kent
WOW! “Freezehardy Opuntia from the U.S.A.” Given our past very cold winter, this is an
appropriate topic! Ivana Richter, Germany, and her German and USA associates
published this quality issue of KAKTUSY back in 2004. It’s too bad that many of us failed
to see it before the Southern Nevada winter of 2006/7. Their work was published by the
Czech and Slowak Society of Cacti a & Succulent Growers. This special edition of the
KAKTUSY Journal is available from Rainbow Gardens Bookshop. See the link on our
website, CSSSN.org. You might do well to have a copy of this handy reference.
The journal credits significant articles and subject matter experts for further reading and
reference in the preface as well as on the back inside cover (some are in English). The
first few pages discuss, in general terms, TRYING TO GROW freeze hardy opuntias in
European cold humid climates. Throughout the remainder of the issue, plants are identified
and reviewed by geographic region of the U.S.A. Excellent photos accompany many of the
selections. Some of us might want to take the challenge to locate some of the specific
plant material and test it in our landscapes. We may need to find and verify the specimens
in the native habitat as well as in cultivation.
With the publisher’s permission, the following is a clip about one of the several O. basilaris,
our logo plant, and was taken directly from the periodical. Other relevant freeze hardy
plants to our locale are discussed as well, but seeing a “Beaver Tail” in the Czech
publication was worth a reprint! You’ll have to read the entire thing to find the rest of the
freeze hardy jewels.