ACSS Greenhouse Worksession, 5 February 2005
by Jim Kennedy

I had totally forgotten about the Saturday greenhouse workday until late afternoon on Friday, and forgot to get a reminder out.  Apparently, almost everyone else in the club forgot about it, too.  Only Doug Thieme and I were there most of the day, with Craig Nazor stopping by once to say "hi" and Jim Robertson arriving just as I was packing up to go home.  Despite the poor turnout, we got a lot accomplished.  Doug and I continued his plant sorting project, finishing the Neoporterias and related genera.  We then organized all the Ferocactus and allies on another table, and finally tackled the biggie, Mammillaria and relatives, which took up almost a whole table by themselves.  We checked out what was blooming before Doug had to leave, and I finished up my time by dumping the dead plants, screening the old soil, and potting up a bunch of the stuff on the potting table to get ready for some more serious repotting at a later session.

Cacti in bloom:  Cleistocactus winteri, Eriosyce subgibbosa, Eriosyce subgibbosa clavata, Eriosyce subgibbosa wagenknechtii, Eriosyce villosa, Ferocactus glaucescens, Mammillaria carmenae, Mammillaria compressa, Mammillaria crucigera, Mammillaria hahniana, Mammillaria hahniana mendeliana, Mammillaria hahniana woodsii, Mammillaria karwinskiana, Mammillaria laui subducta, Mammillaria magallanii, Mammillaria magnimamma, Mammillaria melanocentra, Mammillaria moelleriana, Mammillaria peninsularis, Mammillaria pilispina, Mammillaria prolifera texana, Mammillaria reseoalba, Mammillaria schiedeana, Mammillaria scheideana dumetorum, Mammillaria sonorensis, Mammillaria vetula gracilis, Parodia haselbergii graessneri, Turbinocarpus bonatzii, Turbinocarpus laui, Turbinocarpus ysabela, Ubelmannia pectinifera flavispina.

Other Succulents in bloom:  ?Albuca namaquanum, Aloe millottii, ?Anacampseros herrei, Avonia papyracea, Caraluma stalagmifera, Dorstenia foetida, Euphorbia aeruginosa, Euphorbia fruticosa, Euphorbia genoudiana, Euphorbia milii, Euphorbia milii bosseri, Euphorbia millotii, ?Euphorbia phillipsiodes, Euphorbia primulifolia, Euphorbia subapoda, Haworthia emelyae multifolia, Haworthia limifolia, Haworthia maculata, Haworthia magnifica splendens, Haworthia retusa, Kalanchoe blossfeldiana, Kalanchoe daigremontiana, Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri, Monadenium rubellum, ?Monadenium tanzanium, ?Ornithogallum pruinosum, ?Sarcocaulon salmoniflorum.

As usual, species names proceeded by a "?" have not been corroborated.