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CactusWorld01/2012
Quantity: Journal 01/2012 \| 4.5 GBP		MARCH 2012 CONTENTS: Introducing your new editors by Al Laius Jardin Exotique de Monaco by Alan Ritchie Clarification of the correct application of the names *Sulcorebutia caracarensis* (Cardenas) Donald and *S. inflexiseta* (Cardenas) Donald, and a re-evaluation of *S. pulchra* (Cardenas) Donald by Johan de Vries Corolla variability in the Indian distribution of *Caralluma adscendens* var. *fimbriata* (Wallich) Grav. & Mayur Plant of the quarter .. The *Opuntia fragilis* hybrids of Babcock Bench by Dixie Dringman Encounters of the succulent kind on a Caribbean island by David Kirkbright In my greenhouse by Roger Mackie *Mammillaria bombycina: show plant extraordinaire by Roy Mottram Succulent snippets .. Luton Hoo walled garden project by Roy Warren Literature review CactusTalk A revision of series Cepaea* in the genus Sedum by Massimo Afferni Front cover: Opuntia fragilis. In 1818 Thomas Nuttall, a Yorkshire-born printer by trade, described Cactus fragifis, renamed a year later by Adrian Haworth. as Opuntia fragilis. This cactus shows a blatant disregard to efforts of taxonomists who still debate the status of plants to which this name has been appended. In this issue. Dixie Dringman leads us through the scablands of the Columbia River to introduce this floriferous plant and investigate its hybridisation with other Opuntoids. Photo: Dixie Dringman

CactusWorld02/2012
Quantity: Journal 02/2012 \| 4.5 GBP		JUNE 2012 CONTENTS: Editor's comments by Al Laius Gymnocalycium - an alphabetical review: part 5, H-M by John Pilbeam Hope in the hands of children by Caio Coblho *Escobaria robbinsorum* (W.H.Earle) D.R.Hunt, a botanical gem from the US-Mexico border by Zlatko Janeba In my greenhouse by Paul Bond An unexpected discovery of a *Weingartia neumanniana* population in northern Argentina by Ian Woolnough Plant of the quarter CactusTalk The return of Lithops werneri by Keith Green Succulent snippets The ecology and natural history of *Leptocereus scopulophilus* (Cactaceae) by Luis Roberto González-Torres, Duniel Barrios & Alejandro Palmarola Greenhouse heating at higher temperature and lower cost by George Thomson Literature review Front Cover: Students dressed up as *Melocactus conoideus* in a local parade A conservation project in the Brazilian city of Vitoria da Conquista consists of lectures and workshops at school as well as field-trips and parades to publicise and educate the local people of the importance of environmental sustainability. The BCSS provided a grant in 2003 to protect a population of *Melocactus conoideus* and the cactus is now used as an icon to raise local awareness of conservation. Photo: collection of the Colegio Nossa Senhora de Fatima-Sacramentinas

CactusWorld03/2012
Quantity: Journal 03/2012 \| 4.5 GBP		SEPTEMBER 2012 CONTENTS: Editor's comments by Peter Berresford Across the border in Arizona and Utah by Ian Woolnough In my greenhouse by Geoff Bowman Cacti of Jamaica by Rene Samek Subterranean cacti by Bill Christie Agave 'Kichiokan' by Robert D Stephenson *Gasteria polita, an endangered succulent from South Africa by Johan Baard Effective ex situ conservation by Bill Maddams Two new species of Aloe (Asphodelaceae) from Madagascar by Jean-Philippe Castillon Plant of the quarter An account of Barcelona's Jardin de Mossen Costa i Llobera by Alan Ritchie Worthwhile hybrid succulents 13: Cleretum and the Livingstone Daisies by Gordon Rowley A case of magnesium deficiency? by David Quail CactusTalk Literature review Photo: Echinocereus dasyacanthus* Described in 1848 by Frederick Wislizenus from El Paso del Norte (now known as Ciudad Juarez), Echinocereus dasyacanthus is widely distributed throughout much of the Chihuahuan desert in Texas. New Mexico. Chihuahua and Coahuila. Flowers are normally in various shades of yellow but occasionally populations like those in Big Bend contain a few striking blooms displaying betalain (reddish to violet) pigments (Photo: Peter Berresford)

CactusWorld04/2012
Quantity: Journal 03/2012 \| 4.5 GBP	aa	DECEMBER 2012 CONTENTS: Guest Editorial by John Pilbeam The National Show 2012 Just what do we do with names for *Haworthia? by M B Bayer Weedin's small-flowered hedgehog cactus by Peter Berresford Favourite mesembs (part 7) by Eddy Harris In my greenhouse by John Hughes & Jim Earles CactusTalk Seed distribution 2012/2013 by Peter Arthurs A new species of Resnova* by Julian M H Shaw The National Road and another new *Conophytum* by Chris Rodgerson Hope in the hands of children: part 2 - the *Melocactus conoideus* conservation project by Cliff Thompson The Kortdoringvlakte - Western Gariep valley by Graham Williamson Cold-hardy cacti for gardens and cold greenhouses by Leo Chance Round Robins Report An introduction to the cacti of Uruguay by Ricardo Garbarini Literature review Front cover: *Conophytum youngii* This new Conophytum. described inside as Conophytum youngii. was discovered in 2011 by Chris Rodgerson. Alice and Alan Vander Bon and Andrew Young (whom it is named for). Remarkably it was discovered within just a few kilometres off the busy N7 National Road in the Northern Cape region of South Africa. *C. youngii* has a beautiful spring flower and is an exciting novelty for enthusiasts of the genus. (Photo: Alan Vanden Bon)