News of the Chinle Cactus & Succulent Society April 2015 Vol. 7, No. 4

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1 Succulent Morsels News of the Chinle Cactus & Succulent Society April 2015 Vol. 7, No. 4 To promote knowledge, enjoyment, cultivation, and conservation of cacti and other succulent plants among its members, other individuals and organizations throughout West-Central Colorado APRIL PROGRAM: Hookless Cacti: Flowers, Fruits, Bees and Energy Development The April Regular Meeting of the Chinle Cactus and Succulent Society will feature Rich Alward, Principal Ecologist and Owner of Aridlands Natural Resource Consulting in Grand Junction, Colorado. His presentation will focus on The Colorado Plateau region of western Colorado and eastern Utah which host several rare endemic plants, including three federally threatened Sclerocactus species. Dispersed development, such as that associated with oil and gas exploration and production, has been shown to have indirect and far-reaching ecological effects on plant communities and their pollinators that extend well beyond any physical footprint and direct loss of individuals and habitat. Mechanisms include modification of nearby habitats via dust deposition, alteration of runoff, and introduction of invasive plants or other changes in plant communities that influence spatial and temporal availability of pollen and nectar sources. Rich Alward discusses environment changes with a friend. Understanding the potential effects from dispersed development on rare plants and their pollinators is critical not only for assessing the nature and extent of the threats, but also for proactively developing protection, mitigation, and restoration practices for land managers. His talk will expand upon these potential effects. Here s some information about Rich: As noted above, he is the Principal Ecologist and Owner of Aridlands Natural Resource Consulting in Grand Junction, Colorado. For over ten years, he has conducted ecological research on the impacts of development on native ecosystems, especially in areas supporting important wildlife habitat and rare and endangered plants in western Colorado and eastern Utah. Much of his work occurs on public lands on behalf of private developers including energy, mining, and reservoir-related projects. Work and science has introduced Alward to many great experiences in canyon country and in the Great Plains, and as far afield as Antarctica and Swaziland. He has served on the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission for nearly eight years and was appointed by Gov. Ritter and re-appointed by Gov. Hickenlooper to provide expertise in soil conservation and reclamation from the perspective of a scientist. Prior to moving to Grand Junction, he earned a Ph.D. in Ecology from Colorado State University, and both an M.S. and B.S. in Biology from the University of Nebraska. This upcoming program will undoubtedly be an interesting one, and one you will not want to miss! Rich may even tell us what he was doing talking to that penguin and why!!!

2 PUT MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL ON YOUR TO-DO LIST! The membership renewal time is from January through March. Knowing what membership funds will be available helps with program and activity planning. The dues amount is the same as it has been for the past 10 years $20 for an individual and $25 for a family. Benefits of membership are many: Hands-on cactus and succulent gardening opportunities at club-maintained public gardens, garden tours and field trips, help and advice on growing indoor and outdoor cacti and succulents, monthly meetings with educational programs and refreshments. workshops, plant drawings and exchanges, monthly newsletters, the Annual Dinner Meeting, and best of all, an opportunity to meet lots of really great people. Please send your check to Chinle Cactus & Succulent Society, PO Box 233, Grand Junction, CO We look forward to continuing the work of the Society with all of you! If your dues are not paid, we will unfortunately have to remove your name from our roster and will not continue mailing a hard copy to you. TIME TO START SNAPPING THOSE PHOTOS! 1. Submit your photo(s) for Chinle newsletter publication during the contest period (Jan 1 through September 30, 2015). Submitting a photo or photos automatically enters the photo into the contest. 2. You may submit as many photos as you like, but at the end of the contest period, you will be asked to choose up to three photos for judging. 3. Please accurately identify plants, where the plant was photographed, date of photograph, etc. 4. Photos need to have been taken in Subject matter should be related to cacti and succulents. 6. If you have a comment, story, or article to accompany the photo, feel free to submit it for inclusion in the newsletter. 7. Please submit photos in full size jpg format to ensure the best quality. Send by to Janet Hassell, janethassell@gmail.com Photo entries will be published in the November 2015 newsletter. 9. Official judging will be done by an experienced photographer from outside the Chinle C&SS and winners will be announced at the Annual Dinner Meeting. The purpose of the contest is to see the world of cacti and succulents through the eyes of our members and to share these views via publication in the newsletter. Another purpose is to encourage active participation from the members in the activities of the Chinle C&SS. So what are you waiting for? See the March newsletter for the Judging Criteria for the contest. PLANT SHOW WEST WELL ATTENDED! Thanks to fantastic participation by Chinle members, the 2015 Plant Show West was very successful. Thanks to the members who brought over 50 plants for showing: Maryann & Loren Benoit, Tom Burrows, Julie Bursi, Don Campbell, Lynn Dunham, Janet & Bill Hassell, Deb & Glenn Mallory and John Moore. Also appreciated are the volunteers who manned the display during the two day event: Maryann & Loren Benoit, Bob Bubel, Joy Bush, Lois Davidson, Sue Fuller, Janet & Bill Hassell, Pam Johnson, Sandy McMacken, Deb & Glenn Mallory, John Moore, Walt Scheer, Pat and Al Severson, and Shari Skeie.!2

3 Pam Johnson, a willing volunteer! One of the Chinle Show Plants tables...as was Bob Bubel!! President Maryann Benoit chats with Julie Bursi, show plant owner and volunteer. Show plant owner and volunteer,tom Burrows (on right), answering questions from a show visitor. Lynn & George Dunham, brought show plants & also helped at the show.!3 Al & Pat Severson, volunteers, in front of second of three show tables.

4 John Moore s Aloe & Agave Corner Sue Fuller makes a point with a visitor! Show volunteers Bill Hassell (L) and John Moore (R) enjoy some humor! Don Campbell s First Prize winners: Discorea elephantipes (L) and Mammalaria plumosa (R) were real crowd pleasers!!4

5 FIRST GARDEN PARTY MARCH 21ST AT WESTERN COLORADO BOTANICAL! We had a great turnout for our first Garden Party of the season at the Western Colorado Botanical Garden! Participants included Maryann & Loren Benoit, Tom Burrows, Joy Bush, Don Campbell, Lois Davidson, Janet & Bill Hassell, Kathy Murdock, Shari Skeie, Susan Rose, Walt Scheer and Kate Weissenburger. As always, there were many cuttings that need good homes, and several of us snapped up specimens for our cactus and succulent gardens. Our next Garden Party is scheduled for Wednesday, April 1st, at the CSU Extension Garden. Let s have another good turnout for Garden Party No. 2!!5

6 All garden parties start at 9 am and usually end at 11 am. Please mark your calendars with these dates so you don t forget to come out and share in this important work at our two beautiful gardens! Gardening is great for your health, fun and an easy way to give back to your community. When the weather is too hot or cold, feel free to come earlier or later than the scheduled times. Please let Lois Davidson, ldavidso@coloradomesa.edu know how long you gardened at each session for accurate records of volunteer hours. We look forward to seeing you at the gardens. We need and appreciate your help! CCSS has a set of gardening tools, but we encourage you to bring your own as well as buckets or containers for weeds. Mark your tools so you can identify them!!6

7 Workshop: 2015 Field Weed Identification Workshop Friday May 1st, 2015 Workshop 9am-3pm, Palisade Insectary Tour 3-4pm Grand Junction, Colorado Registration - (copy & paste to your browser) COST = Workshop is FREE but you must register to attend! Free drinks and snacks will be provided, and each attendee will receive a copy of the latest edition of the Noxious Weeds of Colorado identification booklet! Please bring your own lunch! People who should attend: Do you have a seasonal weed management crew you need to train? Are you an environmental consultant, or oil & gas employee responsible for weed management? Are you an herbicide spray contractor? Are you a lawn & garden professional? Are you a private landowner who just wants to know how to identify the noxious weeds on your property? Are you a plant identification enthusiast who just wants to know more about the good and bad plants in the Grand Valley? If so, please join us on Friday May 1st for a field tour of several sites in the Grand Valley to learn how to identify a list of local noxious weeds in the field, followed by a tour of the Colorado Department of Agriculture Palisade Insectary to learn more about local biocontrol options. Each attendee will receive a free copy of the Noxious Weeds of Colorado booklet which will be used as a training tool. If you have further questions, please call Julie Knudson at the Tamarisk Coalition at for more information. Event is sponsored by Tamarisk Coalition, Xcel Energy, and Gates Family Foundation. Partners include Mesa County, CSU Extension, Palisade Insectary, CSU Native Plant/Master Gardeners, Western Colorado Conservation Corps, CSU Extension Small Acreage Program, and Montrose County. WHAT S BLOOMING? A lovely first bloom on a turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus ssp. schmiedickeanus, on a 1-1/4 plant at J. Hassell s.!7 Now THIS is a bloomin mammalaria! Thanks to Linda Self, a friend from Tucson, in whose garden it is blooming!

8 CHANGES IN MEETING ACTIVITIES At the March Board meeting, the activities at the regular meeting were discussed. Because of a limited response to having plant raffle AND a silent auction plant sale at each meeting, it was decided to alternate those activities. The next raffle will be this month (April). and the next silent auction plant in May. If interest in these activities increases, we can always resume the previous way of doing things. Let a Board Member know how you feel about it! MARCH PROGRAM: CACTI & SUCCULENT PEARLS! Don Campbell did a nice job of moderating the discussion after viewing two excellent videos of the basics of cacti and succulent care. A lively discussion took place after the program, and experts and novices alike came away with a few pearls to improve their gardening skills. (L to R) Lynn Dunham, Don Campbell, Lois Davidson, Sheri Skeie & Bill Hassell catch up before the meeting. Nice to see Judy McCart (L) on a surprise visit from Denver, as she chats with Julie Bursi. The March meeting attracted a nice turnout in our new meeting place at the WC Botanical Gardens.!8

9 ON THE LIGHTER SIDE! INDEX AVAILABLE Progress??? Printed here for your information is a subject index of articles and/or items published in the Society newsletters. If you do not keep the newsletters, you can always go to the Chinle website at and access the newsletter of your choice that way. NEWSLETTER INDEX to 2014 Topic Newsletter issue Page Acidified Water w/ammonium Sulfate Aug Feb Albuca spiralis - D. Campbell Oct Aloe Dorian Black Dec Ariocarpus Trigonus Nov Astrophytum asteria - May Avonia quinaria ssp alstonii - D. Campbell July Begonia dregei Dec !9

10 Topic Newsletter issue Page Ceropegia armandii - Don Campbell Jan Chinle 10th Anniversary History Jan Cochineal Sep/Oct Jan Cochineal treatment Oct Conservation Mission & Efforts July Apr 2013 Container Gardens Mar , 5&6 Jan Container Drainage Myths Jan Christmas Cactus (Schlumbergera brudgesii or Zygocactus Nov Jan Nov Discocactus horstii May May Dish Gardens with Succulents Aug Dudleya farinosa O Dudley, Dudley, Wherefore Art Thou Dudley? Part 1 Oct Dudleys (Seen on Don s trip to Oregon) Part 2 Nov Controlled Release Fertilizers - Leo Martin Dec Cotyledon Eliseae June Easter Lily Cactus (Echinopsis sp) - T. Burrows Aug Echinocereus viridiflorus (Green pitaya) Sept Euphorbias - Handle with Care Aug Euphorbia neohumbertii Dec Euphorbia obesa ssp. symmetrica Mar Euphorbia suzannae monstrose Dec FockeaCrispa/Eduli Oct Dec Hardy succulentsp. Kelaidis June Haworthia attenuata vari Dec Haworthia, Soft Leafed July Hueria schneideriana (Red Dragon Flower) Sep !10

11 Topic Newsletter issue Page Huernia zebrina Sep Apr Garden Gnomes June Gardening tools - gloves Feb pruners, tweezers, saws Sep/Oct where to buy locally May Glockids, removing Aug Glockid,Ode to Jul/Aug Grafting Nov Feb Insects & Diseases of Cacti - Bob Hammon Feb Kailua Cake Recipe by Tom Burrows March Legend of the Nevada Shoe Tree Aug Lithops Dec Mammalaria lenta - D. Campbell May Mealy Bugs Sep/Oct May Melocacti - D. Campbell May Mesembryanthemaceae - P. Kelaidis Feb Miniature stapeliad blooms Apr Opuntia Biofuel Project/Fruita Res. Station Nov Opuntia Biofuel Project Update Dec Opuntia Biofuel Project - Cuttings event Aug Opuntia Identification Aug Orocereus trollii Nov Orostachys spinosa - P. Kelaidis Feb Parodia laui Sep Pediocactus May Pediocactus despainii Feb Planting Cactus in the Fall Sept Plant Culture - Part I (Don Campbell) Aug Plant Culture - Part II (Don Campbell) Sept Plant labels Nov Porous Pots & Cacti Mar Rock Gardens May !11

12 Topic Newsletter issue Page Saguaro Fruits and Their Uses March Sempervivum arachnoideum Aug Sclerocactus Wetlandicus Jul/Aug Showing Plants Feb Soil Mixtures Dec Spider Mites Dec May Styling Tips for Cacti Collectors Mar Succulents suited to the Grand Valley May Tarantulas Dec Tamarisk beetle Aug Transitioning Indoor plants to outdoors June June Turbinicarpus bonatzii Mar Turbinicarpus jauernigii Mar 2011, Mar , 6 Turbinicarpus pseudomacrochele May Turface Soil Condition Feb Uebelmannia pectinifera v. multicostata Feb Victoriae-Regeniae Agave April Winterizing Plants - Yuccas Oct Cacti & Succulents - Leo Martin Oct Winter Care for Cacti Jan Yucca faxoniana - Jeff Brimley July CALENDAR OF EVENTS APRIL-AUGUST 2015 APR 1 APR 6 APR 9 Garden Party - Wednesday, CSU Extension Garden at 9 am Chinle C&SS Board Mtg pm 2182 Standing Rock Drive The Redlands off S. Camp Road Regular Meeting of the Chinle C&SS 6:30 pm Program: Sclerocacti Species: Threatened by Oil & Gas? Presenter: Rich Alward Location: Western Colorado Botanical Garden Library!12

13 APR 11 APR 25 MAY 4 MAY 6 MAY 14 Garden Party - Saturday - WCBG at 9 am Garden Party - Saturday, CSU Extension Garden at 9 am Chinle C&SS Board Mtg pm 2182 Standing Rock Drive The Redlands off S. Camp Road Garden Party - Saturday, WCBG at 9 am Regular Meeting of the Chinle C&SS 6:30 pm Program: Insects & Cacti Presenter: Bob Hammon, Entomologist Location: Western Colorado Botanical Garden Library May 16 Chinle Field Trip - Old Gordon s Trail Meet at Devil s Kitchen area parking lot between 8:30 and 9 am. Bring a sack lunch, water. Lunch will occur on the hike. Remember sun screen, hats, and water. May 20 Garden Party - Wednesday, CSU, at 9 am JUNE 1 Chinle C&SS Board Mtg pm 2182 Standing Rock Drive The Redlands off S. Camp Road JUNE 6 JUNE 11 JUNE 20 Garden Party - Saturday, WC Botanical Gardens - at 8 am Regular Meeting of the Chinle C&SS 6:30 pm Program: Growing Outdoor Cacti & Succulents Presenter: Leo Chance Location: Western Colorado Botanical Garden Library Garden Party - Saturday, CSU Extension - at 8 am NOTICE: No regularly scheduled meeting in August. Will be replaced by a Field Trip to Crumps Greenhouse in Buena Vista. Details forthcoming! 2015 Chinle Cactus and Succulent Society Board President: Maryann Benoit Co-Secretaries: Deb & Glenn Mallory Treasurer: Loren Benoit Vice President & Web Master: Tom Burrows Member at Large: Lisa Hamilton Newsletter Editor: Janet Hassell Program Committee: Past President: Bill Hassell Garden ActivitiesCoordinator: Don Campbell: Lois Davidson Shari Skeie: Chinle Cactus and Succulent Society usually meets the 2 nd Thursday of each month at 6:30 pm. Meetings are held in the Western Colorado Botanical Garden Library, 641 Struthers Ave., Grand Junction, CO. Guests are always welcome. Chinle Mailing Address: Chinle Cactus & Succulent Society, PO Box 233, Grand Junction, CO CHINLE C&SS WEBSITE: