Ever dream of visiting South America and seeing it's native cactus 
habitats? Well the San Diego Cactus and Succulent Society has a treat 
for you on Saturday, March 8th at 1:00pm in room 101 of the Casa Del 
Prado Building in Balboa Park. In addition to our normal cactus and 
succulent festivities, we will be hosting two gentlemen with two 
distinct presentations on cactus habitats in South America:

* Paul Klaussen from UK has been travelling through Chile on 
something David Hunt coined a "Copiapoathon", and is just finishing 
up a brief tour of Baja California. Paul assures us that while many 
of our members may be well familiar with many of the Copiapoa sites 
in Chile, "I believe that I can come up with things that they are 
unlikely to have seen: such as Humboldt Penguins nesting between 
stems of Eulychnia and some rare in habitat plants such as Eriosyce 
aspilagaea and the new(ish) Echinopsis (Trichocereus) bolligeriana as 
well as some of the unusual shots of Copiapoa in habitat. The 2007 
Copiapoathon Diaries are in the Copiapoathon section of my website: 
www.copiapoa.info !" Paul's presentation will be mainly slides of 
Chile, but may also contain some shots of their recent trip into Baja!

* Mark Muridian from Fresno will be presenting his recently completed 
video from an expedition to Bolivia titled " Bolivia, Gateway to the 
Andean Cacti." Mark's presentations are always full of surprises and 
entertainment, a definite don't miss for anyone interested in cacti, 
cactus habitats, south america, or any combination therof!

Plant sales begin at 10:00am, meeting begins promptly at 1:00pm, 
presentations should be underway by 1:30. Bring your questions, 
answers, enthusiasm, and inquisitiveness about succulent plants to 
Balboa Park on Saturday, March 8th. See you there!