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Euphorbia incisa
Cactus and Succulent Society of Southern NevadaNewsletter February, 2011
Preparation for Spring and Possible New Meeting Location Month YearIn This Issue
Meeting Place ChangeIdentifying Euphorbia
February Speaker
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Greetings!
Happy New Year,We have several announcements to make regarding changes to theCSSSN club. These pertain to new board members, possible newmeeting location, and a renewed vigor for growing club membership in2011.
Featured Article
Month by Month: FebruaryBy Donnie Barnett
February is here and spring is just around
the corner. A lot of fall and winter moisture has
occurred and a colorful spring is something to
hope for. Plants at lower elevations are starting
to put on new growth and flower buds. The first
of native cactus are getting ready to flower
(opuntia basilaris and cylindropuntia
echinocarpa). Around February 20th the first of the perennials are starting to flower including the first succulent.
Euphorbia incisa or the Mojave Spurge. Euphorbia incisa is an upright
showy succulent similar to euphorbia rigida or the gopher myrtle, both
have yellow bracts. The flowers are actually small and inconspicuous
similar to poinsettia. The native Chalk-live Forever or Dudleya
pulverulenta ssp. arizonica is starting to grow rapidly and will be
blooming soon. This time of year is also a wonderful time of year to see
the native desert ferns in full color.
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If you have a garden, February is when most of the aloe species
flower. There are several aloe species that survive our 'cold' climate.
Spotted Aloe (Aloe sinkatana) lives up to its name have a speckled leaf
and the flowers are bright red and come off in disk shape. Aloe Vera will
be getting a flowering spike with yellow or white flowers. Grass Aloe
(aloe cooperi) has very interesting slender growth and gets typical aloe
flowers, either white or red. 'Blue elf' begins flowering in December and
continues till march, at its peak in february it will be covered in many
red flowers. Zebra Aloe (Aloe variegata) get short red flower spikes andbegin flowering around the end of february. Hummingbirds will be
common with any of these flowering aloes. These are only a few of the
plants enjoying february. I encourage everyone to get out and enjoy the
warmer weather of February.
Euphorbia incisa
Possible Change in Meeting PlaceAt the January meeting members discussed the possibility of meeting atthe Springs Preserve. The main reason for the change is that thegarden club meeting room at Lorenzi Park will be closed from June onso the the grounds around the building can be remodeled. If the clubdecides to move, the meeting date will be the second Sunday, insteadof the first Thursday of each month.The February meeting will still be at the Garden Clubs Center inLorenzi Park off Washington St. The meeting in March is tentatively
scheduled for the Springs Preserve.
Pete Duncombe, who is a club member as well as representing theSprings Preserve extended an invitation to the club to have meetingsthere. In exchange for using their facilities, Pete suggested that webecome more involved with the Springs Preserve public awarenessefforts. This could be done in many ways. One idea mentioned wasinviting the public to our special guest speaking events.
There were many questions about the change that will be answered in
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the coming months.
Speaker for February's MeetingVictor Lindsey will speak on a brief introduction to succulent Euphorbia. Over the
past 10 years, Victor has marketed hundredsof Euphorbia over the past 10 years, and hasnarrowed it down to a few categories of planttypes that sum up this vast genera of plants.
Thank your customer, tell them how valuable they are to you, but don'tgo overboard. Insincerity is easy to spot.
Sincerely,
Cactus and Succulent Society of Southern Nevada
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