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Hi,

we very much appreciate that the BCSS is still keeping up the Zoom meetings!

There have been many wonderful presentations. One of them stayed in our mind because it was the only one that was interactive - the topic was about judging plants at the shows. This interactivity function might as well be used for talks about cultivation of plants. This might be interesting for beginners and bring new members to the BCSS. Our English and our knowledge of Zoom is insufficient to do this but perhaps someone knows how to do it....

Elisabeth and Norbert

AT 7.30 as normal NOT 8.30 AS IT says on FB

This should be an excellent talk & Attila is being very kind giving us this talk with the time differences

Topic: Attila Kapitany – Australian Succulent Plants – An Introduction
Time: Tuesday 16 November 2021 at 7:30pm (GMT)
Meeting ID: 821 6860 3641
Passcode: bcss
Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82168603641?p ... dJQVdJUT09
Attila Kapitany is a leading expert on Australian succulents. He has written and co-authored 17 books on cacti and succulents including large tomes on Copiapoa and Echeveria. Nearly 40 years ago, with his brother Jeno, he developed and established several nurseries, both wholesale and retail, that are now Australia’s largest centres for succulent research, development and marketing. He has since left the commercial business to continue and expand on what he loves doing the best – promoting the passion for plants to others. For several decades, Attila’s professional and private life has been consumed by the appreciation and promotion of these plants to the collector, the gardener and the general public. He has regularly appeared on television, radio and stages around the country and internationally. In the last 15 years he has become best known for his work with Australian native succulents and other xerophytes including bottle-trees and baobabs. Most recently, along with the Australian Government, Attila helped organise a series of postage stamps featuring his favourite plants.
This fascinating talk will showcase the surprising, new, and unusual range of Australian succulents. He will present a fresh approach to conventional attitudes and ideas about the diversity and beauty of Australian flora. Far from being a detailed technical presentation, be prepared to enjoy a colourful visual tour of lesser known and intriguing Australian native plants, mostly in habitat, some of which are rare and very unusual. With Australia’s natural flora of well over 20,000 species, at least 400 are considered to have a notable degree of succulence. Covering at least 100 species from 40 genera, many of these plants have never been trialled in collections or gardens before.





Attila Kapitany


Calandrinia creethae

Let's have that excellent picture of Calandrinia creethae. Used to be in Portulacaceae but now in the section split off as the Montiaceae, along with Lewisia, Cistanthe and the well-known salads Claytonia and Montia.


I hope he mentions Marsdenia australis. That is one I have wanted to taste for a long time.

Cannibal

Tina wrote: ↑Sun Nov 14, 2021 1:20 pmCannibal

Looking forward to this presentation on Australian succulents.

There are a few really nice and intriguing ones out there that have made it to my list of 'interesting plants':
- Calandrinia creethae
- Calandrinia crispisepala
- Calandrinia primuliflora
- Halosarcia bulbosa
- Gunniopsis septifraga
- Portulaca cyclophylla
- Tecticornia bulbosa / Halsosarcia bulbosa
- Tecticornia verrucosa