Cactus Explorers Journal - The Cactus Explorers Club
Cactus Explorers Journal - The Cactus Explorers Club
Cactus Explorers Journal - The Cactus Explorers Club
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Caricature drawn by Neil Slater<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Cactus</strong> Explorer ISSN 2048-0482 Number 4 May 2012<br />
Another New online <strong>Journal</strong><br />
A new free online journal has just appeared.<br />
This is the first one published in French and it<br />
is called Succulentopi@<br />
<strong>The</strong> quality is excellent as you would expect<br />
from Yann Cochard and his very active team. It<br />
is available as a free download from:<br />
http://www.cactuspro.com/succulentopia<br />
Publisher: <strong>Cactus</strong>pro, association, 63360<br />
Saint-Beauzire, France, yann@cactuspro.com<br />
Publication Director: Yann Cochard<br />
Editor: Martine Deshogues<br />
Drafting Committee: Yann Cochard, Martine<br />
Deshogues, Alain Laroze, Philippe Corman,<br />
Maxime Leveque, and Eric Mare<br />
ISSN 2259-1060<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Journal</strong> is not printed, only distributed as<br />
a PDF file.<br />
Succulentopi@ is a magazine in PDF format<br />
published by ‘Le <strong>Cactus</strong> Francophone’ and its<br />
team. <strong>The</strong>ir goal is to publish it every three<br />
months, and to include articles, information,<br />
photos, etc. on the theme of cacti and other<br />
succulents.<br />
If you go to the website you can subscribe<br />
and receive notification as each issue is<br />
available.<br />
GC<br />
After his 90th Birthday event, Gordon<br />
Rowley invited people to visit him at his<br />
famous home ‘<strong>Cactus</strong>ville’. <strong>The</strong> moment of<br />
sharing part of his extensive library with Prof.<br />
Len Newton, President of the IOS, and BCSS<br />
achivist John Cox is caught by Neil Slater in<br />
this caricature.<br />
6<br />
Annual meeting of the<br />
Tephrocactus Study Group.<br />
Sunday 13th May 2011<br />
Venue : Great Barr ex Service Men and<br />
Women's club, Birmingham, UK, accessed via<br />
the drive between houses 280 & 278<br />
Perrywood Road, Great Barr. B42 2BJ Tel :<br />
0121 357 3870<br />
Illustrated talks by Graham Charles and Tony<br />
Roberts.<br />
Entrance is FREE to members AND visitors.<br />
A warm welcome awaits you!<br />
Lunch will be available for £5, but must be<br />
pre-booked. For more information and to book<br />
your lunch, please contact Alan Hill by Email<br />
or telephone 01142 462311.<br />
BCSS Oxford Branch<br />
with the Mammillaria Society<br />
OXFORD BRANCH SHOW<br />
Sunday 15th July 2012 at 10.30 am<br />
at Langdale Hall, Witney OX28 6AB U.K.<br />
(Cacti and Other Succulents)<br />
Lecture by Wolfgang Plein from the German<br />
Mammillaria Society (AfM) at 4:30 pm<br />
Information: Bill Darbon +44 (0)1993 881926
Change language