When
Saturday October 11,
2008
1PM
Where Casa Del Prado Rm 101 (near the west side of The San Diego Natural History Museum) at San Diego's favorite Balboa Park.
Where Casa Del Prado Rm 101 (near the west side of The San Diego Natural History Museum) at San Diego's favorite Balboa Park.
Program:
" Travels of Rob Skillen in Namibia "
ROB and CYPHOSTEMMA CURRORI in habitat:
This month’s program will feature the wide diversity of succulent plants from Namibia. Possessing both summer and winter growing regions, Namibia has an incredible range of succulent plant forms, stretching from tiny mesembs to giant baobabs. Rob Skillin’s program will illustrate these different plant groups, and touch on some of the country’s cultural aspects, and as well as the incredible fauna found there.
Rob Skillin is President and founder of the Central Coast Cactus and Succulent Society, past President and founding member of the Bakersfield Cactus and Succulent Society, and former Show and Sale Chair of the Santa Barbara Cactus and Succulent Society. He travels extensively to photograph succulents in the wild, having traveled throughout North and South America, southern Africa, and the Middle East (Yemen/Socotra).
Plant of the Month:
Cactus - Ariocarpus -Peter Walkowiak
Succulent - Succulent Bulbs - Andrew Wilson
ROB and CYPHOSTEMMA CURRORI in habitat:
This month’s program will feature the wide diversity of succulent plants from Namibia. Possessing both summer and winter growing regions, Namibia has an incredible range of succulent plant forms, stretching from tiny mesembs to giant baobabs. Rob Skillin’s program will illustrate these different plant groups, and touch on some of the country’s cultural aspects, and as well as the incredible fauna found there.
Rob Skillin is President and founder of the Central Coast Cactus and Succulent Society, past President and founding member of the Bakersfield Cactus and Succulent Society, and former Show and Sale Chair of the Santa Barbara Cactus and Succulent Society. He travels extensively to photograph succulents in the wild, having traveled throughout North and South America, southern Africa, and the Middle East (Yemen/Socotra).
Plant of the Month:
Cactus - Ariocarpus -Peter Walkowiak
Succulent - Succulent Bulbs - Andrew Wilson