British Cactus and Succulent Society March 2006 Journal

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MARCH 2006 CONTENTS:

A few words of introduction from your new editor by Roy Mottram
Fieldnotes: Mammillaria manana sp. nova by W A & Betty Fitz Maurice
2006 BCSS special Adenium seed offering by David Rushforth
A giant Opuntia clavarioides by David Briggs
Hildewintera - a winter's tail by Roy Mottram
Meet the growers (1) by Graham Walker
Floral splendour in the depths of winter by Rogan Roth
Pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, chemurgy and ethnobotany of succulents by Frank M Luman
Round Robins report by Malcolm Holloway
Regeneration of two species of the genus Turbinicarpus by means of sowing seeds in habitat by J Manuel Sotomayor
Literature review

COVER PICTURE: Lophophora williamsii
The Spanish naturalist Francisco Hernandez (1515-1587) was physician to King Philip II of Spain, and was sent to Hispania Nova (now Mexico) for 7 years from 1570 to research the natural history of the region and its anthropology. He wrote about nine species of cacti, one of which was Lophophoro williamsii, which had the local name 'Peyotl of Zacatecas'. It was claimed to possess the special power of clairvoyance for those who ate it. Moreover, you could know who stole something from you, and even more mysteriously, you can find out where more of it grows in the wild by eating another one! [Please don't test this out.] None of Hernandez's cacti found their way back to Europe, as far as we know, and it wasn't until 275 years later, in 1845, that it finally reached Europe, via the famous French nursery of Cels. It vies today as one of the most popular of all cacti, and is well known as a source of halucinogenic alkaloids.

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