CHINLE CACTUS & SUCCULENT SOCIETY


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All ages can enjoy top dressing the cactus garden


Membership application - Chinle Cactus & Succulent Society


Succulent Morsels
The Newsletter of the Chinle Cactus & Succulent Society


cactus logoIf you love cacti and other succulent plants...
you better check out Grand Junction's very own Chinle Cactus & Succulent Society!

The Chinle Cactus & Succulent Society is devoted to fostering understanding and appreciation of all kinds of succulent plants, including cacti. Succulent plants are among the most beautiful and bizarre in the entire plant kingdom. Their distinctive, and sometimes weird, adaptations for survival in hostile habitats are endearing these fascinating plants to a growing number of plant enthusiasts.

Chinle Cactus and Succulent Society
c/o CSU Extension
2775 US Hwy 50
Grand Junction, CO 81503

Opuntia rhodantha Cliff Prickly Pear


Opuntia rhodantha Cliff Prickly Pear (A Western Colorado Native)

Notocactus ottonisoni variety schulotii


Notocactus ottonisoni variety schulotii \no common name


Monthly Meetings

Monthly meetings include educational programs, workshops, field trips, question and answer sessions, plant raffles, and refreshments. Join us! We'll do our very best to help you become stuck on cacti and other spiny denizens of the desert.

Regular meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Mesa Mall Community Room (Enter from the Mall parking lot using small door between Mervyn's and Penney's entrance. First room on left in hall.)

Visitors are always welcome!

Need more information?
Dieter Kubisch, President at dwkubisch@bresnan.net or 970-243-7861
Don Campbell, Vice President at Campbell.DI.CJ@Bresnan.net or 970-245-5088


A Garden of Hardy Cactus

a collection of hardy cactus
Echinocereus triglochidiatus Claret Cup
Claret Cup Echinocereus triglochidiatus
Opuntia macrocentra Purple Prickly Pear
Opuntia macrocentra Purple Prickly Pear
Escobaria vivipara Spiny Star
Escobaria vivipara Spiny Star

Non-hardy Cactus & Succulents

Edithcolea grandis Persian Carpet Flower
Edithcolea grandis
Persian Carpet Flower
Ariocarpus fissuratus Star Cactus
Ariocarpus fissuratus Star Cactus
Peudolithos migiurtinus
Peudolithos migiurtinus
Dorstenia barnimiana variety palmata
Dorstenia barnimiana var. palmata
Rechsteineria leucotrica
Rechsteineria leucotricha Puppy Ears
Ceropegia fusca Lantern Flower
Ceropegia fusca, Lantern Flower

Cactus in the Colorado State University Extension demonstration gardens. The following pages were developed by members of the Chinle Cactus and Succulent Society.

Agave and Yucca by John Moore

Chollas by Susan Hill; Photographs by Don Campbell

Claret Cup Echinocereus triglochidiatus. Narrative by Judy Kennedy; Photographs by David Kennedy

Red Horned Poppy Glaucium corniculatum
Lithops - The Living Stones Narrative and Photographs by David Kennedy
Missouri Pincushion Neobessya missouriensis Photographs and narrative by Don I. Campbell
Mountain Ball Cactus Pediocactus simpsonii Photographs and narrative by Don I. Campbell
The Prickly Pear Cactus Opuntia species Pictures and narrative by Rose Nordenberg


PRINCIPLES FOR CONSERVING NATIVE PLANTS - ADOPTED - 1/28/03


Colorado Cactus and Succulent Society


Placed on Internet March 27, 2000; Updated August 5, 2009