Newsletter of the Orange County Cactus & Succulent Society www.occss.org
GEMS OF THE DESERT
It will be just two weeks until show time when
we get together for our November 18th meeting.
Please notice we are meeting one week earlier
due to Thanksgiving. One exciting development
since last months’ newsletter was finding out we
will be able to use the Nikkei Heritage Museum
for the first time! We will now have ample room
to expand the show which means everyone
needs to do their part by bringing in as many
show plants as possible. We have expanded
displays in the show schedule to include entries
for individual, commercial and educational
displays. It can be a good way for a club
member to show off a group of plants you are
passionate about or to let the public know about
your nursery. There is a CSSA Trophy for the
Best Educational Display for which you might
consider. Also new is the seed grown category
and Aloes have been separated into
cultivars/hybrids and true species. And don’t
forget first time showers, there is a Best Rookie
Trophy which will be awarded for overall effort.
At the next meeting, I will have a sign up list
and ask for volunteers to help out during
President’s Message
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Our speaker at our November will be Todd Masilko. Todd loves to
camp in the deserts of California, Arizona. He enjoys photography,
propagating and growing plants and was inspired by the
Huntington’s cactus garden. Recently Todd began to travel
specifically to see plants in habitat. He has visited Baja California,
Oaxaca /Central Mexico, and Yemen & Socotra. He hopes to make
many more trips in the future. A member of the San Gabriel club, a
few of his favorite plants include Fouquieria, Pachycormus, Agave,
Adenia, Ariocarpus, Astrophytum. Todd sometimes sells/trades
plants with other club members.
Mary Chittenden; OCCSS VP Programs
Next Meeting
Thursday Nov. 18, 2010 at 7:30pm
OCCSS Meetings are held the 4th Thursday of each month. Meeting place is the Fullerton Arboretum
1900 Associated Road, Fullerton, CA 92839
judging on Saturday morning. It is a great way to
learn by listening to what the judges have to say
and to see how they arrive at their picks for the
trophy winners. There will also be sign up list for
areas throughout the sale, so plan on
volunteering and help spread the workload over a
group of people.
I am looking forward to our speaker, Todd
Masilko, who will share his most recent trip with
us to Namibia. I want to thank Mary Chittenden
for providing us with a great year of speakers
which have been both educational and
entertaining. And don’t forget, we will be voting
on our new officers for 2011. Hope to see
everyone at the next meeting.
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President’s Message 1
Nov 2010 Speaker: Tod Masilko 1
Speaker Thanks, OCCSS 2011 Board Nominations 2
Plant of the Month Mini Show 3
October 2010 Home tours 4
Upcoming Events, Editors Pic, Discussion table, Library 5
OCCSS 2010 Board Members 6
Nov. 2010
Volume 38, I ssue 11
By Vince Basta
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We'd all like to thank Hank Warzybok for his October presentation. We all learned a lot about native succulents in our own area!
Thank you, Hank Warzybok!
By Mary Chittenden; OCCSS VP Programs
OCCSS gives a warm welcome to our new members! John S. Donna P.
2011 OCCSS Board Nominations
At the October 28th meeting, the nominations committee comprised of Roger
Claassen, Mary Ann Rogers and Rick Davenport presented the following slate of
officers:
President- Jen Craig
Vice President Speakers - Mary Chittenden
Vice President Excursions - Denise Fry
Treasurer - Lori Coxe
Secretary - Barbara Kerr
Vince Basta asked for nominations from the floor and no names were suggested for
any of the officers by the membership attending the meeting. At the November
18th meeting, a vote will take place.
*Darryl Craig has volunteered to take over as the Newsletter Editor if Jen Craig
becomes the president.
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Plant of the Month Mini Show
Month Cactus Succulent January N/A N/A February Turbinicarpus/Eriosyce Tylecodon/Cotyledon March Echinocereus/Echinomastus Aloe/Agave April Mammillaria Stapeliads May Notocactus (Parodia) Haworthia June Escobaria/Coryphantha Caudiciforms July Opuntiads (Opuntia+all subgenera) Echeveria/Dudleya August Thelocactus/Sclerocactus Lithops September Discocactus/Melocactus Euphorbia/Monadenium (South Africa) October Gymnocalycium/Matucana Euphorbia (Madagascar) November Ariocarpus/Astrophytum Crassula/Sedum December Echinopsis (hybrids ok) Other Mesembs (Gibbeum, Conophytum…)
“Keep bringing in those awesome plants! There is still time to win a
prize”
Darryl Craig; PotM Mini Show Director
Classes: Novice - WHITE Intermediate - YELLOW Advanced - BLUE
Points: 1st 10 pts 2nd 8 pts 3rd 5 pts HM 2 pts
Up to 3 cacti and 3 succulents each show per exhibitor please
Novice Class – Succulent Nancy Rokkum - Euphorbia sp. –1st
Jim Tanner– Euphorbia decaryi –2nd
Jim Tanner – Euphorbia millii –3rd
Intermediate Class – Succulent Kathy McNair - Euphorbia bupleurifolia - 1st Jeff McNair - Euphorbia grandicornis – 2nd N/A – 3rd
Advanced Class – Succulent Vince Basta –Euphorbia cylindrifolia v. tuberifera -1st Craig & Denise Fry – E cylindrifolia v. tuberifera –2nd Craig & Denise Fry - Euphorbia franciosii 3rd
Novice Class – Cactus Alan Ford – Gymnocalycium denudatum v. brazilense –1st Jim Tanner - Gymnocalycium friedrichii 2nd Jim Tanner - Gymnocalycium horstii 3rd
Intermediate Class – Cactus Ken Shaw – Matucana haynei v. ceroides -1st Kathy McNair - Gymnocalycium friedrichii -2nd
Ken Shaw - Matucana aurientiaea -2nd Ken Shaw- Gymnocalycium bodenbenderianum -3rd
Advanced Class – Cactus Craig & Denise Fry - Matucana madisoniorum 1st Craig & Denise Fry - Gymnocalycium vatteri -2nd Craig & Denise Fry - Gymnocalycium stenopluerum 3rd
Plant of the Month Mini-Show for October 2010
Page 4 Gems of the Desert October 2010 Home Tours Photos: Kathy McNair
Son Nguyen back yard Son Nguyen
Son Nguyen front yard Hank Warzybok back yard
Hank Warzybok front yard Hank Warzybok
Tom Glavich Tom Glavich yard
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Discussion table plants Do you have a question about a plant you have? Looking for a name? Wondering how to grow it? Or do you have a special plant that you just feel like showing off? Bring in these plants so that we can talk about them. This
way, we all can learn something new!
Up Coming Events Dec. 3-5: OCCSS Cactus & Succulent Winter Show & Sale 10am-4pm. Show Sat & Sun. Fullerton Arboretum, 1900 Associated Rd, Fullerton, CA. Contact Vince Basta (714) 267-4329
Editor’s Pic
Euphorbia piscidermis (on own roots) from Jens collection Photo: Jen Craig; CoronaCactus Nursery
OCCSS now has its own page on Facebook. You can find us by searching for “Orange County Cactus and Succulent Society” in the search
box.
OCCSS Library We just got a couple new books; The New Cactus Lexicon, and a new book on Stapeliads. Our Web Master, Daiv Freeman, has started a new book selling company exoticplantbooks.com So if you are looking for books, check with him first!! Daiv has also been working on a great web site for us plant lovers, cactiguide.com, that some of us have contributed to and there is also a forum where you can post pictures and discuss all topics on line with people from around the world at cactiguide.com/forum C and D Plants, Corona Cactus and Buck Hemmingway are frequent posters. We hope to get some more OCCSS members to join in the fun. The Library will be at the next meeting, so don't forget to bring back any checked out books. Craig Fry: OCCSS Library Chair
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OCCSS is looking for articles that relate to the Plant of the Month mini show. We could use articles about a genus in general or a focused article about just one
species or a group in that genus. Look over the schedule for the year and let us know what plant you want to write about. To avoid multiple articles about the same
subject, talk to Darryl or Jen Craig at the meetings or email us at [email protected] and let us know what subject you will be writing about so we can mark you down. Photos would be an excellent addition to your article!
OCCSS 2010 Board Members
Vince Basta, President Mary Chittenden, V.P. Programs Denise Fry, V.P. Excursions Nancy Rokkum, Treasurer Lori Coxe, Secretary Roger Claassen, Immediate Past President (2008) Patty Miller, Membership Chair Lori Coxe & Denise Fry, Summer/Winter Sales Co-chairs Vince Basta, Summer/Winter Show Entry Chair Craig Fry, Library Chair Darryl Craig, PotM Mini Show Director Barbara Kerr, Raffle Sales Denise Fry, Raffle Plants Pat Hamilton & Mary Ann Rogers & Sue Gilley, Refreshments Rick Davenport, CSSA Affiliate Representative Jen Craig, Newsletter Editor Daiv Freeman, Website
Renewal of Club Membership for 2010; $20.00 email or $25.00 snail mail. You may do this at the next meeting or mail it to: OCCSS c/o Membership Chairman P.O. Box 3062 Fullerton, CA 92834
www.occss.org
Contact the Newsletter Editor:
Jen Craig -- [email protected]