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In this issue
- Editorial
Peter Breslin - The Huntington Botanical Garden presents the 2026 offering of the ISI
John Trager, Karen Zimmerman, and Alyssa Tseng - The Quiver Tree Exhibition at the G20 Leaders’ Summit: a universal message of hope
Tiaan Combrink - Oreocereus ritteri and Oreocereus leucotrichus: two related species?
Zlatko Janeba - Grower’s Spotlight: Nick Deinhart
Gerhard Bock - My adventures with Opuntia: a new fascination, an old variety, and a photo gallery
José Carlos Cervantes Nevárez - Frugivory and dispersal of saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) seeds by the Common Raven in the Arizona Upland Subdivision of the Sonoran Desert at Tucson, Arizona, USA
Robert B. Pape, William D. Peachey - Cylindropuntia davisii
Root Gorelick - The miracle of Lithops alpina
Harald Jainta - Synonymization: a threat to plant conservation
Peter Beiersdorfer, Jaan K. Lepson, Hilde Mouton, and Frikkie Mouton
About the Cover
The cover of Cactus and Succulent Journal 98-2 features an image by Zlatko Janeba. Flower of Oreocereus leucotrichus near Coraguaya, Valle
del Río Ilabaya, Tacna, Peru, 3450 m.
Cactus and Succulent Journal
98-2 Summer 2026
offerings (see inside this issue)
Photo by John Trager
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