Background on the Richtersveld Desert Botanical Garden
Pieter Van Wyk, the founder and curator of the Richtersveld Desert Botanical Garden, tells us about the plants of the region and the story of the garden's creation.
Category Convention Presentations
Presentations delivered live at our conventions.
Socotra: The Forgotten Island
Plant Explorer Guillermo takes us to Socotra to see the many endemic succulents the Island has to offer.
Dudleyas: Unveiling Living Art on the cliffs, the New, Beautiful and Strange
Explore Dudleyas in the wild with succulent legend Kelly Griffin, co-author of a recent book on the genus.
Australian Cycads along with other Spinescent & Xerophytic Succulent Plants
Australian plant guru Attila Kapitany shows us cycads and spiny plants from the wilds of his home country.
Argentina Cacti: the Importance of Habitat Knowledge in Taxonomy
Plant Explorer Guillermo Rivera explains how geographic proximity and other factors can provide a framework for evaluating lumper versus splitter debates.
My Journey with Operculicarya
Horticulturalist Joe Stead has been cultivating and popularizing these pachycaul succulent trees for decades.
Agavaceae & Crassulaceae: New, Recent & Still Undescribed Species
Explore the mountains and jungles of Mexico in search of the latest plant discoveries with Julia Etter and Martin Kristen.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Some Infamous Australians
Australian plant guru Attila Kapitany gives an overview of continent's native Australian and invasive succulents and how they support various ecosystems there.
Uncarina: the Mousetrap Tree
Andry Petignat tells us about the genus Uncarina (distinguished by their hooked seeds). These Madagascar natives in the Pedaliaceae often grow into pachycaul trees.
Scouring the Earth for Exceptional, Rare, and New Agaves
Jeremy Spath has spent the past 20 years exploring the natural habitats of agaves across the Americas.