San Gabriel Valley Cactus and Succulent Society
Next Club Meeting: September 10
Ayres Hall of the LA Arboretum: 7:30 PM.
Doors open at 6:00 PM
Plants of the Month are:
Cacti: Ariocarpus
Succulents: Bursera
Topic: Madagascan Pachypodium
Palm Classroom of the LA Arborertum
7:30 PM.
Doors open at 6:00 PM
Conophytum: Growing Tips and Outstanding Plants
Presented by Oakes Austin
Oakes’s presentation will cover the life cycle of Conophytum, with practical information on their care and propagation. It will also include photographs of selected species and forms to show the range and diversity of the genus and encourage others to grow them.
Oakes Austin has several years of hands-on experience cultivating, propagating, photographing and studying South African mesembs at Steven Hammer’s Sphaeroid Institute, including Conophytum. He also maintains his own collection and has expressed a particular appreciation for the sculptural forms of Conophytum and Lithops
Oakes gew up in Massachusetts and developed an interest in cacti and succulents at the age of six. Through members of the Cactus and Succulent Society of Massachusetts, he was introduced to renowned succulent expert Steven Hammer and moved to California in 2022 to work with him at the Sphaeroid Institute in Vista.