irelandcactus

Date	Subject	Speaker		Plants of the Month
January	No Meeting
February 9th	A visit to the Palmengarten in Frankfurt.	Frank Keoghan	This slideshow will feature some rarer cacti and succulents	Canary Islands Endemics
March 8th	A Mixed Bag!		Pests, Fungicides and Fertilisers samples; members experiences etc. Plant exchange	Aloe and Gymnocalycium.
April 12th	Cacti and succulents I have known	Frank Keoghan	Some slides reflecting a long interest in cacti and succulents.	Those malodorous friends of ours the Stapeliads.
May 10th	Mammillarias and Pots.		Mammillaria Identification and Cultivation.	Everybody has a few unknowns so bring along all those unnamed plants and find out all about them. We should be able to name them. Mammillarias range over a diversity of habitats and hence their cultivation requirements vary significantly - including one that requires winter watering!
May 31st-June 4th	Bloom in the Park
June 14th	A Plant Sale.	from Harrington Exotics.	Those early Bloomers - do bring them along.	Opuntia/Cylindropuntia/Tephrocactus/Mahuenia/etc.
July 12th	Bolivia - Mountains, people and cacti. A slide show and discussion		We are spoiled for choice here and it should not be too difficult to have something in flower.	Anything from Bolivia.
August	No Monthly Meeting	A trip over to the National show in Huntingdon Cambs.	This is a must for any serious collector. The showbenches have to be seen to be believed!! There are nurseries from all over Britain and Europe with a selection of plants for sale. This is the place to obtain that extra special plant.	Some will fly over, others will drive over. If you are going, talk to others and see what arrangements can be made but do not leave it too long!!!!!!!!!! Expressions of interest should be made known to either F. Keoghan or M. Harrington as soon as possible.
September 13th	A talk on the genus Gymnocalycium	Michael Harrington		Crassula
October 11th	The A.G.M.Succulents of the Richtersveld high desert. Slide Show - slides and commentary		Winter - flowering Succulent Sale. Ensure that your greenhouse blooms all year round by collecting a few plants from the winter rainfall areas of South Africa. Most are very easy to grow and are a pleasure in the depths of winter.	Haworthia
November 8th	The Joshua Tree National Park - a slide show			Agave - we've never had them before! If you have some (portable), please bring them along.
December 7th	Your input into the Programme for 2013. Meet in the Botanic Gardens at 7:30 for a discussion about next year's programme		and some X-mas cheer later in the Addison Lodge.	December 7th -

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