CHINLE CACTUS & SUCCULENT CLUB
All ages can enjoy the cactus garden.

If you love cacti and other succulent plants...

• you better check out Grand Junction's very own Chinle Cactus & Succulent Club!

The Chinle Cactus & Succulent Club, an affiliated chapter of the Colorado Cactus and 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.

Photographs:

Upper right - Opuntia rhodantha
Cliff Prickly Pear (A Western Colorado Native)

Lower left - Notocactus ottonisoni variety schulotii
\no common name

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? Contact Reed Irwin at irwin@rmi.net or Don Campbell at Campbell.DI.CJ@Bresnan.net.

A Garden of Hardy Cactus

Echinocereus triglochidiatus Claret Cup - left Opuntia macrocentra Purple Prickly Pear - center Escobaria vivipara Spiny Star - far right

Non-hardy Cactus & Succulents
Edithcolea grandis Persian Carpet Flower	Ariocarpus fissuratus Star Cactus	Peudolithos migiurtinus
Dorstenia barnimiana var. palmata	Rechsteineria leucotricha Puppy Ears	Ceropegia fusca Lantern Flower

Cactus in the Colorado State University Extension demonstration gardens. These pages were developed by members of the Chinle Cactus and Succulent Club.

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
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