irelandcactus

Date	Subject	Speaker		Plants of the Month
January 8th	No meeting	.	.	.
February 11th	Potting & seed sowing: how to sow and pot on seedlings.	.	.	*Euphorbia and Ferocactus*
March 11th	Lecture on Haworthias	Michael Harrington	Michael has an extensive collection of these plants.	*Haworthias and Notocactus*
April 8th	Slide show of c & s.	Frank Keoghan	.	*Mesembryanthemum and Neoporteria*
May 9th	The Rare and Special Plant Fare	.	Castleton House Celbridge, Co Kildare	Harrington Exotics will have an extensive range of C & S for sale.
May 15th	A visit to Limerick	.	There will be a meeting held in Limerick for the benefit of our southern members who find it difficult to attend meetings in Dublin.	Further details to follow.
3rd - 7th June	Bloom	.	in the Phoenix Park	Harrington Exotics will have an extensive range of C & S plants for sale.
June 10th	The plants of Bolivia.	Frank Keoghan	A slide show of some of the Bolivian cacti which have the largest flowers (Lobivia, Echinopsis etc) in the genus.	*Agave and Lobivia*
July 8th	Visit the greenhouses of Michael Harrington	.	phone:014587125/0872930326	An open day in Michael's g'house from 2pm -9pm.
August 21st	Convention in th Co. Museum, Dundalk, Co. Louth.	See Coulter Museum above.	It is intended to have a guest speaker and plant sales.	Further details to follow.
September 9th	Madagascar	.	All about those rarities from Madagascar. A selection will be on view including the caudiciforms. There will be hints on cultivation these popular plants.	*Kalanchoe and caudex plants and any other Madagascan plants.*
October 14th	The A.G.M. and plant sale of Winter - flowering Succulent.	.	.	.
November 11th	Lecture on Crassula	.	.	Crassula and any other plant in flower
December	No Meeting	.	.	More detail to follow!!

Bring any plants in flower to the meetings: this helps with identification. Size is not important.