"Adenium: Twenty Years from Obscurity to Rising Star"

Presented by Kevin Barber and Mark Dimmitt

Kevin will begin with a 10-20 minute quick introduction that features a short travelogue that will show Taiwan as a place to grow succulent plants and will display pictures of non adenium succulents as well as do some quick views of adenium nurseries in Taiwan and India.

Mark will be doing the major portion of the program and will present the adenium as the newest ornamental plant to be domesticated, with a history of its development over the last 20 years.

Mark is Director of Natural History at the Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum. He received his Ph.D. in biology at the University of California Riverside. He is well known for his hybrids, especially his study of the adenium and various cacti. In 1999, he received the Friend Award from The Cactus and Succulent Society of America for his outstanding accomplishments with cacti and succulents.

Please be sure to attend our feature presentation to begin the new year! This will be a great program that you should not miss!

Kevin Barber	Mark Dimmitt

FREE PLANT GIVEWAY

Aloe albida x saundersii. A cross between the two dwarf species of A. albida and A. saundersii, both grass Aloes. This hybrid offsets freely and is floriferous with pale cream flowers produced in the fall. This cross was done at Arid Lands in the late eighties. Aloes are succulent plants in the lily family and are native to the old world, specifically Africa, Madagascar and the Arabian peninsula. Many species grow well here in the arid southwest either as potted plants or as specimens in the landscape. They especially thrive under the south side of trees in dappled light that gives them some shade in the summer but more light in the winter when sun angles are lower. Most aloes are cool season growers. They need bright, filtered light with weekly waterings during the cool season and once every two weeks in summer. These aloes are cold tolerant to the high 20's and are easily protected at temperatures below that with a light piece of frost cloth draped over the plant. Flowering takes place normally from mid winter through spring and can range in colors from yellow to orange or bright red.

Chris Monrad