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The Cactus Explorer ISSN 2048-0482 Number 4 May 2012
Journal roundup
New Editors for CactusWorld
The British Cactus and Succulent Society
publish their journal ‘CactusWorld’ four times
a year. It contains information about the
Society’s activities and articles on a wide range
of subjects. Following the retirement of Roy
Mottram, the publication’s excellent editor for
the past six years, the Society has appointed Al
Laius as the new editor. He has the support of
Peter Berresford, who has accepted the role of
deputy editor. Al is known for his love of
Sansevieria and Peter is a well-travelled
Echinocereus specialist.
The new editors promise to introduce new
features and plan to modify the content in line
with what the members have requested. So, in
future there will be more about cultivation and
selected taxa, but less long travelogues and
technical articles which will be accommodated
within Bradleya, the Society’s yearbook.
The March 2012 issue of CactusWorld, the
first to be edited by the new team, features a
long article from Johan de Vries attempting to
clarify the application of three old Cárdenas
species names for plants now regarded as
Sulcorebutias.
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There are also articles about the Jardin
Exotique in Monaco; the Indian distribution of
a Caralluma; Opuntia fragilis hybrids; cacti on
St Lucia; Mammillaria bombycina; the Luton
Hoo garden project and a revision of the series
Cepaea in the genus Sedum.
The regular features ‘BCSS News’, ‘Cactus
Talk’ and ‘Literature review’ are joined by new
ventures ‘Plant of the quarter’, ‘In my
greenhouse’ and ‘Succulent snippets’. This
issue is 8 pages longer than usual at 72 pages
and continues to be excellent value for the
modest subscription of £15 (UK) or £20 (worldwide)
per year (Bradleya is available at an
additional charge).
You can contact the editors by email:
Al Laius editor@bcss.org.uk
Peter Berresford deputyeditor@bcss.org.uk
Subsciption information and everything else
you could want to know about the BCSS can be
found at http://www.bcss.org.uk GC
English edition now available
The long-running Italian journal ‘Piante
Grasse’ is now published in an English edition.
The quality of the pictures, layout and content
are all excellent so I hope you will consider
supporting this brave venture by visiting their
very informative website:
http://www.piantegrassejournal.it/eng/index.html